Crocodile and Big cats Interaction

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Quote:The Facebook post was made in the year 2020, the account took place in 2016, closer to the date of 2017 which was shared on the Chinese forum, which was not by a random commenter since the name of the guide was, once again, mentioned in that post too, alluding that the photographer had likely made the post there first before sharing on Facebook.

And how do you know for sure the post wasn't just copy paste? Once again we have a poster on a Chinese forum and on the other hand we have a native witness who kindly shared a photo of his experience back in 2016.

Quote:The translation states with clarity that the crocodile returned later on, since safaris can last hours it is not unlikely that they waited for a long time in the area to see if they could continue witnessing the event. Since the initial post from 2017 mentions that timeframe, whereas nowhere is it mentioned that the crocodile was killed, we have more reasons to believe that was the case.

The crocodile did not return... You're basing this off the translation button you used on Facebook. Here's the translation once again:

"Ajith said that there was a tiger parked on the road above Borupanwila but we could not see anything. At the same time, the tiger ran across the road and jumped to the other side as fast as we could imagine. Disappointed, we put our cameras on the seats and stared at the empty road. At the same time, the tiger was dragged by the neck of a huge crocodile and ran across the road again."

Quote:You have no evidence to suggest that the large crocodile was "quickly" overpowered, that is a wild guess coming from a biased perspective.

It appeared to be overpowered based on the account with the right translation in combination with the photographs. This has nothing to do with bias. The account and photos clearly state the leopard rushed out of nowhere across the road and returned with a crocodile hanging in its jaws. I don't know about you, but that tells me it overpowered the crocodile. Otherwise it wouldn't be able to drag it back from where it came, it would've been struggling at the place they engaged.

Quote:The crocodile was clearly in a disadvantageous position from the beginning, it was inland which allowed the leopard to get a hold of it from the back as that was the easiest point to try to kill the crocodile.

This is pretty ignorant to be honest. I have no evidence to suggest it managed to overpower the crocodile based on the account and photos but you can somehow conclude it was in an disadvantageous position? So you're 100% there are no ponds, lakes, rivers etc present nearby? That this was a mugger crocodile that got lost? No you cannot.

Quote:The crocodile is clearly fighting back throughout the whole process, which ended up in it coming victorious in the end.

It's not fighting back because it can't do anything at this point. At best it's struggling but so does every animal when it's being predated on. You're looking at a crocodile that's being killed by a leopard via suffocation, at least that's what it looks like.

Quote:Seeing as though the crocodile was considerably larger than the sizes leopards tackle, it is unlikely that it had any major injuries in the end, baring dehydration and stress caused by the area it was in. Rather than a fight this was more a failed hunting attempt on a crocodilian that was outside the range for the leopard to kill.

Leopards have attacked/killed crocodiles of similar size before. I can post evidence if you desire.

It's once again ignorant of you to think that it won't have any major injuries since you don't even know if it survived in the first place. The leopard is holding the crocodile in its jaws for Christ sake, the odds are in favour of the leopard this time wether you like it or not. But then again you believe that leopards can only kill crocodiles that are either dehydrated or young ones for whatever reason. Reply