Crocodile Vs. Shark

Posted above (by ranjithvnambiar) were these words;

"While a great white tries to rip off whatever comes in its jaw ,a saltwater croc will crush whatever is caught between its jaws.."

Yes, this seems correct, but if a typical shark is made mostly of muscle and fat, with a soft bone structure called cartilage, then what is there to crush?

It seems that if blood loss or death via asphixiation does not happen, and the Crock releases the Shark (to take another bite or breath?), then the Shark is temporally at least, free to return to the attack mostly unharmed!

But, if the shark takes a big bite from the soft underbellie of the Crock and removes a large piece, then the Crock will soon die!

Crushing and submerging prey (to drown them) is one thing! But a Crock has to breathe also?

Perhaps, for our fun time, we should also interject the Hippo into the brawls? Shark, Croc and Hippo in a free for all?

So let's have a 22 foot White Shark and a 22 foot salty Croc, and a 15 foot long Hippo, all kept hungry and placed in a pool of water that varies from 40 feet deep to shallow water, and let the fun began?

It would definately be a hit on You-tube!

I'll throw the cabbages, crippled seals and bloodied mullet in first!
Regards,

Edited by opuslola - 28-Oct-2010 at 16:33

I think the crocodile win, because I can just see in the picture that the crocodile ate the shark. The crocodile is one of the dangerous one EVER!

To be fair that's a pretty small shark and was probably hindered when in the crocodile's habitat. Regardless, I think a crocodile would win in almost all cases. It's weight and protective skin would make it difficult for a shark's teeth to penetrate. There's a video on youtube of a medium sized shark getting killed my an octopus of the same size. I'm not more scared of an octopus than I am a shark when I go snorkeling.

Crocodile vs. Shark? I'm sure the shark is going to be the winner. What you said are all right, it is true that crocodile will die after a one big bite of a shark but the shark is not going to be killed by a small bites of crocodile. This whole scenario suggests that sharks are the true kings of the sea, however, this fact doesn't spared those sea mammals from experiencing man's cruelty. Now, there are many mysterious shark deaths. The proof is here: Dead shark mysteries pile up in 2011.   

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