[Closed] How fast can a croc swim?

He is fast there, I’ll give him that, but he’s obviously doing butterfly so he’ll probably tire very quickly.

That speed is both impressive and scary at the same time.

Think I'd stay in swimming pools if I ever went there.😐

Think I’d stay in swimming pools if I ever went there

I agree with Poopscoop. That is impressive and very scary. With water geckos and drop bears I don’t know how you cope.

Maybe deep down I'm afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it's the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs.

I think you just need to release some Jaguars into the wild. They can kill a croc with one bite. There jaws are powerful enough to crush the skull of a croc.

What could go wrong...

It's not how fast the croc swims, it's your ability to swim faster than your mate. 🐊

It's the spiders and snakes I works worry about....

Scary!

Not only can they swim fast but they can run fast as well.

So if you're up against one in a triathlon you'd better be bloody good on a bike.

😂

We had one about that size that used to occasionally sun himself at our back fence when the weather was cold. Our land went down to the water but we put the fence up because we had a couple of tasty croc snacks growing up in our house.

We called him Cuddles.

He chased our neighbour once in his boat. The neighbour charged the boat at the bank full speed and didn't slow down, just rammed it up the slope and then ran straight over the bow and didn't stop for about 20 yards. (We saw him do it, but didn't actually see Cuddles.) The neighbour was a pretty tough bushman type, I'd never seen him so white.

Then a marina was built on the other side of the river and Cuddles disappeared. I doubt he went far and one day he'll make his presence felt.

I was over there last year and there were people mucking around near the water's edge of the marina. I warned them but they told me they'd been told there weren't any crocs there. It's a matter of time.

What the heck is going on in that gif?

What the heck is going on in that gif?

I can't believe you don't recognise stupid when you see it

We had one about that size that used to occasionally sun himself at our back fence when the weather was cold.

Swindon?

What the heck is going on in that gif?

What an idiot. Someone needs to give his head a wobble.

I think it's hard to appreciate just how big they are on video. However big you think they look, they're bigger in real life! Also, and this never seems to translate but the noise they make when they snap their jaws closed is incredible! The only way I can describe it is two very over-sized cricket bats being hit together very hard.

I've seen a few in places like West Midlands Safari Park, but they're only tiddlers, seeing them in Australia Zoo, and from a comfortable distance in the wild is a whole different thing.

What the heck is going on in that gif?

I can’t believe you don’t recognise stupid when you see it

That is stupid beyond my comprehension. Is it out in the wild somewhere, or in some sort of visitor attraction, or...? Is there someone up a tree filming? Is holding the tail of a croc that size effective?

I think you just need to release some Jaguars into the wild. They can kill a croc with one bite. There jaws are powerful enough to crush the skull of a croc.

I think you just need to release some swans into the wild. They can kill a croc with one swing of their wings. Their wings are powerful enough to break an arm.

scary beasts. I was in The Gambia years ago and did a tour to a croc rescue place, it's also a place where people go to get pregnant - go figure... Anyway, they walk you around the enclosure through the trees and stuff, you turn a corner and walk no less within 2 feet of the biggest bastard dinosaur you've seen. The group we were with pretty much all shiz themselves, as the to5ers failed to make it clear that the enclosure isn't fenced off as part of the tour - they just feed them before they take people round.... bonkers - whole country was bonkers.

To put them into perspective (if you need to), the biggest croc caught THIS YEAR, (recent years have caught bigger) is 4.4 m and 350 kg
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-31/katherine-rangers-catch-huge-croc-near-tourist-spot/12611968

wouldn't get me to live in the NT took a tourist boat ride at dusk and they'd all come out of hiding...saw a big one in the street...guy casually said it was a bit far from where normally lived

meanwhile down in Melbourne some of the bike paths have protection from drop bears...

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don't need to look up...can look down for these bad boys:

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I've had to bunny hop a black snake on the yarra trails mtb singletrack, and had a tiger straike at the back wheel, the joys of melbourne, here in warrandyte (outer north east melbourne on the banks of the yarra) we have 4 of the seven most deadly snakes in the world (brown, tiger, red-bellied black and copperhead), only seen a baby tiger or brown in the back yard (went out to see what the dog was barking at, dragged dog back in, snake dissapeared)

...and people emigrate to these countries!!! 🙂

I grew up here, found england a bit dull on the dangerous wildlife front for 10 years, I mean how much damage can a mole do to you and do your magpies attack you repeatedly by diving at you while you ride past (search for a vid on youtube for giggles), dragged the wife and kids back again.

A girlfriend years ago (2000 ish) was on a gap year trip to Kenya. One of the girls was killed by a crocodile when they went swimming in a lake that the locals said was safe. Pretty scary for a bunch of 18 year olds on what should have been a trip of a lifetime.

Edit: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/12/world.education?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

He chased our neighbour once in his boat

The croc had a boat?

I lived in NZ for 5 years and not once did I think of going to Australia. When I go biking or hiking in the wilderness the last thing I want is to be face to face with some crazy prehistoric bitey reptile.

phil5556
A girlfriend years ago (2000 ish) was on a gap year trip to Kenya. One of the girls was killed by a crocodile when they went swimming in a lake that the locals said was safe. Pretty scary for a bunch of 18 year olds on what should have been a trip of a lifetime.

My brothers and I used to swim in Lake Victoria near Musoma when we were growing up. A school mate got taken by a croc there just after we left Africa. We were more worried about bilharzia than crocs so we swam out to the deep water.

Brother in laws brother caught a small* Croc taped its nose up and swam with it in their pool, goes by the name of Crocodile Dudley.

so we swam out to the deep water.

Swam in sunken lake Zambia - its at least 100m deep with sheer sides, after being told there were 100% no crocs there I still shat myself when a large lizard decided to join us

Maybe deep down I’m afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it’s the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs.

Aaaaaargh! This is a quote, but what? It's doing my head in.

Also, maybe the scariest image from this whole thread, monster hands!

At least Australia doesn't have lions. We were far more scared of them.

Africa is far more dangerous. This quote* is relatively recent:

"...but how many people know that 35 children, men and women were taken, many out of their huts, killed and eaten by a lion between August 2002 and April 2004 close to the capital Dar es Salaam?"

I don't think they bother counting out in the bush areas, that's next to a major city.

*(Tanzania Wildlife Discussion Paper No. 41 Dr. Rolf D. Baldus (Ed.) )

Africa is far more dangerous.

Out of the 5 of my brother in laws siblings who have died that I know of, none of them have been attacked by wild animals. I'd hazard a guess that lack of road safety and medical facilities in Africa are more likely to see you off than any wild beasties.

Maybe deep down I’m afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it’s the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs

Pretty hardcore immune system too.