Saltwater Crocodile-Great White Shark interactions

[Pckts]

(02-14-2020, 11:12 AM)Antiochus Wrote:

(02-08-2019, 06:51 PM)Pckts Wrote: Elephant seals are far larger than any prey crocodiles can take so the idea that Sharks take smaller prey proportionately isn't correct. 
It's also obvious in their hunting strategy, GWS's hit and run, meaning they attack and sit back and let the prey bleed out while Crocodiles must bite and hold so obviously they cannot do that to animals too large which is why you have never seen a crocodile successfully take an adult Cape Buffalo for instance, it happens I'm sure but those are very rare cases compared to many modern day cases of Sharks attacking Elephant Seals.

this is  an absurd form of fanboyism. How could any one seriously assert that that there are no successful attempts of crocs taking down bull buffalo? Sharks attacking mature elephant seals is rare. The preferred prey of the white shark are smaller seals/sea lions

Sharks take elephant seals of all sizes, this includes males occasionally. It just matters on the location and time of year.
"The Great White uses different techniques when attacking different species of pinniped. Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are not easy to catch. They are station wagon-sized, phenomenal repeated deep-divers, and very powerful swimmers. But at the surface, Elephant Seals have all the maneuverability of an aircraft carrier. In order to tackle an Elephant Seal, a Great White typically attacks from below and behind, immobilizes the seal with a tremendous bite to the hindquarters, then retreats and waits for its prey to bleed to death before returning to feed. Hunks of blubber and flesh are sawed away at the surface, but taken to or near the bottom to be swallowed.

This so-called "bite-and-spit" strategy is typically employed by White Sharks feeding on adult Northern Elephant Seals, but does not hold for pinnipeds of lesser dimensions. Smaller seals, such as the 1.5-meter Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), are grabbed at the surface and pulled underwater until they stop struggling, then eaten at or near the bottom; juvenile Harbor Seals are simply plucked from the surface like grapes and eaten whole (Harbor Seals seem to be the perfect White Shark snack food: they're abundant, slow-moving, and bite-sized - sort of Phoca McNuggets!) The 2.5-metre-long California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) is a more powerful swimmer than the Harbor Seal, and is typically attacked by a White Shark from below, struck in mid-body, dragged below the surface until it stops struggling, then eaten at or near the bottom."
http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/predation.htm

Crocodiles have never been filmed succesfully taking a bull cape, but like I already stated...
I'm sure it happens
Your argument is also applicable to both sides, you can say crocodiles preferred prey are much smaller than cape buffalo, what does that have to do with anything?
So keep your fanboy call to yourself, especially if you're going to act like one. Reply