Crocodile and Big cats Interaction

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(10-17-2018, 06:30 PM)chaos Wrote:

(10-17-2018, 06:20 PM)Shadow Wrote: I made a picture to compare in rough way. Here in photo is replica of Lolong, a crocodile 6m 17cm long. And there is a tiger from above, I scaled tiger as relatively big, from nose to back about 2 meters without tail.

Tiger is not in straight position and I tried to pay attention to it. But this hopefully gives a little bit perspective to it, that what kind of sizes we are talking about with biggest known crocs. And also, that what is crocodile torso size and head size there. Red lines are meters, blue lines feet. I made those pictures just for personal curiosity.

6m 17 cm is 20,24 feet btw.

Crocs of 3+ meters are more than any big cat can handle. On land, a very difficult task, in the water - a mismatch.
Just my opinion.

I think a big cat could handle a 4 meter crocodile, but at the most 4.5 meters (But that's another topic). A crocodile measuring 6 meters is totally out of the question. If female tigress machli could kill a 3 meter crocodile like you see in this picture below, I don't see why it is impossible for a male cat to take on a 4 meter crocodile. Judging from this picture, I would say this crocodile is at least 3 meters, perhaps 3.5 meters.

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 It would have to use its speed and tire the crocodile out until it got exhausted. Also, the crocodile would need to be far away from water otherwise the crocodile if it got tired would probably just retreat back into the water where the cat could not follow. Reply