Crocodile Vs. Shark

Second largest of Crocodile family is the Nile crocodiles which is also known to grow longer than 20 feets.A Nile croc named Gustave is known to be 21 feet long and is notorius as a man eater.It is known to have killed and eaten 300 humans.

Originally posted by Cryptic Crocodiles and especially salt water crocodiles seem to be the apex predator on earth.  Even still, I bet all bet all but the largest crocodile would be in for a fight if he grabbed what he thought was a  human and it turned out to be a large, male silver backed gorilla.    Though gorillas bite alone may not disable a crocodile, they could probably inflict serious internal injuries by striking and they also have the ability to grasp.   Though far smaller,  Chimapzees are incredibly strong and extremely ferocious when enraged. I can only imagine the strength  and ferocity of a gorilla.  Then factor in that gorillas are intelligent and that other members of the family group may aid the one being attacked.

Originally posted by ranjithvnambiar Large Salt water crocs are known to ambush Waterbuffaloes and Gaurs which would weigh nearly 1000Kg then drown them  and feed.A Gorilla which weighs only 200-250 kg will never be able to hold a large croc back.A croc normally ambushes and catches the prey which approaches the water for drinking or crossing over.Then it pulls the prey to deeper waters and drowns it.Similarly it will hold the Gorilla and drowns it before eating it.

Edited by Cryptic - 20-Oct-2010 at 13:02

I dont think that a gorilla will be attacked face to face by a Croc.It will be ambushed when it is crossing the water body or approaches the waterbody which is the Crocodile territory.The crocodile will grab and hold on to whatever part it is holding to and take the shocked gorilla to deeper waters and hold it still underwater.It is a rare possibility for the gorilla to even understand what has grabbed it and before it can understand anything it will be taken to deep waters and drowned.After understanding what ever had happened if at all the gorilla fights back also it is in deep trouble even if it gets released from the crocs mouth it has to swim back and on the way back there is a high probability that it will be again attacked.

This is an impractical question. There are simply too many intangibles to solve for. What is the weight discrepancy of the Croc to the Shark? Where is the battleground? is the water murky? is the water shallow? This is like trying to solve for X when there are 10 variables.

Weight ratio has been given in my earlier mails and scenario can be any you may need to go through all the posts to have a better understanding

You could of just said they are roughly the same size... (16-20)

It defnitely is not like solving x when there are 10 variables

Oh really? Can you please elaborate by what you mean by "Crocodile vs. Shark?" Is the winner determined by how strong they are, or perhaps how swift they can maneuver? Or is the winner declared by how many real-world victories?

If that is the case, then the answer has been solved. Case closed.

However, if one wants to look more in depth (which i believe what you want to do, you seem to be very intrigued by this topic), One must account for different factors.( i.e. Aggression, environmental factors, Group behaviors) to find the answer.

I feel like this question is a lot like that Spike TV show, "The Deadliest Warrior." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadliest_Warrior).

How come you do not like the show?

It's an entertaining show. I really do not like the individual(s) who talks about the weapons/warrior style of the warrior they represent. The show can be summed up in one sentence; "Who has the bigger "Johnson?"

you can open it and check it on youtbe. while the scenario was recreated using CGI it was based on a real fight. i think the real thing was too graphic to meet youtube's guideline's; hence recreated in 3D format

Originally posted by ranjithvnambiar Yesterday I saw Spartan warrior Vs. Ninja.But it seems to be  a fight of the participants rather than between spartans & ninjas.Those who argues and proves his point will win not spartan warrior or ninja

Edited by Cryptic - 28-Oct-2010 at 14:22