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CDieter
at Tue Oct 23 07:59:31 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CDieter ]
>>Not under water, on shore the croc is dead meat to a tiger, ever notice why crocs run for water when big cats approach on shore.
Sometimes, not always. I have video where the croc moves in on a group of lions and takes their prey. I also have video of adult lines being predated by Nile crocodiles.
>>That armor does not stop several hundred lbs per square inch of jaw pressure behind 3 plus inch canines, in fact the salt water croc has a soft spot at the back of its head where the skull is thin, and tigers learn from their mothers to exploit it. The size of the croc does not matter out of water, they are slow lumbering and helpless at that time.
Crocs are not slow and lumbering on land. They can expend their energy in short bursts before they tire. That is their primary disadvantage. Their armor is designed to stop another crocodiles attack. An attack that is alot more powerful than anything a tiger is going to produce. Of course I'm not disagreeing that a well placed bite in the area you are speaking about will kill a moderate sized crocodile but not typically a full grown adult.
>>People who dont know any better hear some crap on TV about the armor on crocodilians being so tough, I can tell you that its not that hard for them to lose entire scutes, get punctures from other animals, or even simple human hunting impliments.
I own Nile crocs. They are extremely tough animals. Their armor is extremely thick especially across the back.
>>In fact many crocs are killed by poachers with small caliber pistols, and 22 long rifle rounds, they trap them and shoot them in the head, the armor doesnt do anything to stop it, in fact a 22 LR penetrates deeper in a crocodilians head than into a cows head.
If you know where to place it. There are also many crocodiles who have been strafed by machine gun fire and survived due to the armor.
>>Never underestimate possibly the most sucessful single mammal predator design, the cat.
I don't, but never underestimate the power and size of a large crocodile. Making comparisons using smaller examples of the species is only half the story. In truth big cats can predate small to moderate size crocodilians. But once that croc reaches adulthood they have little to fear and in fact may prey on the cat.
Nile crocs
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CDieter
'Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.'
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RE: Correction when on the shore. - CDieter, Tue Oct 23 07:59:31 2007
