Crocodile and Big cats Interaction

[BorneanTiger]

(10-18-2018, 07:03 PM)chaos Wrote:

(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.

Excuse me, my bad. I meant 5+ meters

I found something interesting. Back in 2011, a Sundarban tigress aged 8-10 years was killed after a night-long fight with a 14-foot (about 4.2 m) croc. The report (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home...548432.cms) doesn't say if it was a mugger or saltwater croc, but I know that 14 ft is rather long for a mugger, though not impossible (https://archive.org/details/journalofbom...b/page/296), so more likely this was a SW croc. If it took a 14-ft croc a whole night to defeat a small Sundarban tigress, then I dare say that even the likes of Lolong better not underestimate the fighting capabilities of a huge tiger or lion, such as this Bengal tiger at Kaziranga National Park in India (https://www.123rf.com/photo_16298381_ben...71k3_4yzjc) or this Southern lion at Etosha National Park in Namibia (https://www.wildlifeadventures.com/namib...mibia.html): 

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

Reply