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Crocodile, the killler of water
Crocodile, the killler of water
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Crocodile, the killler of water
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Australian Freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus Johnstoni)
Book green guide Crocodiles of Australia (Grahame Webb - Charlie Manolis)  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Closeup of the head of Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) one of the larger Crocodiles growing up to 5 meters long, in the good old times some individuals grew up to 6 meters long, today their numbers are very low with about 2000 individuals in the wild in Venezuela and 200 in Colombia.
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The false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii ) skull of big male named Lockjaw, he lived for half a century and thrilled everyone that met him, he lived at Zoo Miami when it died. Lockjaw measured 14 feet 3 inches (4,33 meters long) at the time of his passing.
Skull measures: Total length 29 3/4" (75,56 cm), From tip of snout to the back of the cranial table 23 " (58,42 cm), Greatest width: 14 3/8" 36,51 cm) Picture and information given by Mr Bruce Shwedick  *This image is copyright of its original author
  *This image is copyright of its original author bobpoolefilms - Gorongosa is home to massive crocodiles. In my upcoming PBS series Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise, we explore a wild river where crocs congregate by the thousands.
gharial and a mugger crococodile sharing the same sand bank, Bardiya, Nepal
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Croc eats Croc, big Caiman yacare eats a smaller one in El Pantanal, Brazil. Wild life photographer Chris Brunskill in his 30th day in el Pantanal trying to see a Jaguar catch ing a Caiman he found a Big Caiman predating a smaller one, not what he was looking for but still a great sight.
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 *This image is copyright of its original author Upamanyu Roy The Monster CROC - Estuarine - Sundarbans.
Does anyone have data on bite force of gharial? I suppose it is much lower than other crocodilians because gharials primarily feed on fish. They need not drag their prey from land into the water and into the water from top.
(09-12-2018, 01:58 PM)Rage2277 Wrote:What a monster that croc is? They do not have natural predators in their ecosystem as sunderban tigers are very small if not smallest of bengal tigers. They must be thriving 
Territorial fight between two Salt-water Crocodiles, probably the first ever photographic documentation of this behavior from Indian Wilderness, picture taken in Sundarban Tiger Reserve
Credit to @wildlifeindia  *This image is copyright of its original author
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