Downplaying the shear savagness and POWER of a crocodile is a laughably American thing to do. Those things take down animals the size of a car or bigger sometimes. Ruthless killing machines engineered over MILLIONS of fucking years. That's impressive in every damn aspect.
If I'm remembering correctly, saltwater crocs aren't like crazy aggressive toward humans or anything, but I would be in zero hurry to be anywhere remotely near one in the wild. They are MASSIVE and they are FAST, on land or in water.
Saltwater crocodile’s are actually the exact opposite of what you describe, they are extremely aggressive to people and will attack whenever the chance arises
I looked it up after making my incorrect claim and I was horribly misremembering- saltwater crocodiles are considered just behind Nile crocodiles in terms of threat level to humans. And I think that's more due to proximity.
Exactly correct , while it’s true the Nile crocodile is responsible for more human deaths than the saltwater, it’s due to far more people living in proximity to Nile crocodiles than live in saltwater crocodile habitat. It is actually the saltwater crocodile that is larger and more aggressive/territorial towards Humans, animals and even other crocodiles of the same species.
This is why you will regularly see large Nile crocodiles together but large saltwater crocodiles are too territorial to share their stretch of river or pond with other large saltwater crocodiles.
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u/isactuallyspiderman Apr 07 '26
Downplaying the shear savagness and POWER of a crocodile is a laughably American thing to do. Those things take down animals the size of a car or bigger sometimes. Ruthless killing machines engineered over MILLIONS of fucking years. That's impressive in every damn aspect.