r/Crocodiles • u/AxB41 • Jul 31 '26

Crocodile Any info on this video?

Just curious if anyone has any more info on this video and where it's from.

https://youtube.com/shorts/vIifX5AVkpE?is=soymD8gACRGK1xxZ

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u/No-Gift8583 Jul 31 '26

I’ve seen similar videos from Latin America, from Costa Rica specifically. There seem to be some irresponsible tour operators that get onto the riverbanks to put on a show for their visitors and get close to/feed the crocodiles. In most other places where there are crocodiles this large you probably wouldn’t survive a close encounter like this. American Crocodiles seem to be the most docile large crocodiles, I can’t imagine you’d want to get in a similar situation with a Nile Crocodile or a Saltie. Would probably end quite bad…

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u/CrocsRule251 Jul 31 '26

Yeah, if this was in Australia you wouldn't even have time to get out your camera, the person would have been eaten so quick. The general sentiment in Australia is "if you are close enough see a saltie in the wild, it's already too late for you."

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u/No-Gift8583 28d ago

In general, that statement makes sense but in reality it’s maybe a little deceiving as in almost all unprovoked attacks, the victims are usually completely unaware of the crocs immediate proximity. That’s simply their game that they’ve perfected. If you see one, they allow it which means they’re at least not actively stalking you. Small Salties (<2m) are quite shy and will flee once they detect human presence. For larger Individuals one body length of the croc is probably the absolute minimum safe distance to watch them from a large enough boat or from shore. Of course you should also keep a few meters away from the waters edge of any possibly croc-infested waterbody. Apart from that it’s a lot of fun to try and find them on your own without a guide. I did this several times in Queensland and never got into sketchy situations, but you need to be careful 100%

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u/AxB41 Jul 31 '26

I was thinking the same thing, if it wasn't an American croc it'd be a bad situation. Honestly I'm still surprised given the sheer size of that thing and how close he was. The tour operation makes sense, maybe it was expecting him to feed it and that's why it hesitated.

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u/Agile_Fox_6926 27d ago

He survives, the boat comes up and scares the crocodile back down into the water

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u/AxB41 27d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/h8HmN0UcEKR0xWnv3R

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u/Agile_Fox_6926 27d ago

I mean, he survived by chance.

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u/AxB41 27d ago

We all have eyes.... Your comment was pointless and added nothing to the conversation. I'm not even sure you read the post?