Saltwater Crocodile-Great White Shark interactions

[LonePredator]

(02-22-2015, 09:19 AM)Vodmeister Wrote: The 7,000 lbs great white shark was never actually officially recorded, there's about as much evidence to support it as there is to support the idea of the 23 feet 4,000 lbs saltwater crocodile in India.

However, with recent restoration of saltwater crocodile habitat and reduced poaching, the number of large crocodiles is increasing, especially in Odisha. Recently, Guinness has accepted a claim of a 7.1-metre (23 ft), 2,000-kg (4,400-lb) male saltwater crocodile living within Bhitarkanika Park in Odisha.[28]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile#Size

However:
The largest confirmed saltwater crocodile on record was 6.3 m (20.7 ft) long, and weighed over 1,360 kg (3,000 lbs).[18]

Salties aren't anywhere near as big today as they were in the past because of excessive hunting of the largest. There are a lot of accounts of supposed 23 feet, 28 feet or even 30 feet long crocodiles out there. None reliable enough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_c...crocodiles

Largest saltwater crocodile: 20.7 ft in length, 3000 lbs in mass.
Largest great white shark: 19.7 ft in length, 4200 lbs in mass.

Salties on average tend to be about a foot longer than great whites, who in return are about 50% heavier ("double the weight" is an overstatement).

I'd back the great white at natural sizes about 7/10, at parity it could go either way, it depends on the environment.

 

Even if the 7.1 metre crocodile from Orissa was indeed 7.1 metre, even then 2000kg weight seems like a gross exaggeration. Reply