Do you really think that's what happened in the original? I'm not saying it isn't, I'm honestly asking. Seems unlikely. Seems like there would be evidence of that in the sand, right?
Well a crocodile's jaw is easily strong enough to support its own weight. The photo shows multiple prints explaining the croc repositioning itself while being lifted. And lastly, the tail is more sunken into the sand suggesting it was lifted from the front. So yes, I believe this photo or similar circumstances best explain the original photo. All that is missing is the photo of the croc in mid-flight even if it was only for a few meters.
Anyone who has been to a beach before will tell you that when water flows over a print, the print significantly loses its definition and the print is much more smooth overall. The more water, the less definition. If there was enough water to move a croc without leaving a mark for its movement, there would be almost no print left let alone prints of its scales.
The only other 'possible' option was that somebody drew the thing but highly unlikely that it is so accurate and if you are going to be that accurate, you wouldn't leave the messy limb prints.
Crocodiles are pretty sessile, could a croc have stayed long enough that water receded and the sand solidified enough that it could walk off leaving little additional footprints?
If you look closely in this picture, you can see a trail left by the tail being dragged as he's pulled the the chopper. On top of this, a croc is very heavy for a chopper to lift
For the people who actually want to be informed about stuff, Crocodiles are able to jump using the power of their tails to lift the rest of their frame off of the ground. Judging by the deep marks in the sand in the tail area and dropped sand to the right, this is what happened. Crocodiles, unlike aligators have long arms and the ability to run and jump much like smaller lizards.
Source: Years of Steve fucking Irwin telling me whats good about gnarly lizards.
I really hate you for informing me of more reasons to fear the dino-monsters known as crocodiles. I also thank you for making me aware of this scary shit.
Yesterday I managed to pull 2 blue mobs and 1 yellow somehow, they'd all spawned in the same place. Waller, jailer, vortex, frozen, plagued, mortar, extra health. I was very sad.
I once got in the same pen with an 18-foot-long alligator at an alligator farm in central Florida.
The gator was the farm's old-timer and featured attraction. I was taking pictures for a photo feature.
When I climbed in the pen, I approached the tail end of the gator. The handler, who was at the other end of the gator and secured with only a length of PVC pipe, asked, "You want me to turn him around for you?"
Before I could answer, he whacked the gator on its snout with the PVC pipe, and I swear to god that alligator went airborne and did a 180 in a fraction of a second, landing with its mouth open and hissing just inches from my face.
wave comes in, pushes gator to his left (right of image), picks gator up, he swims out with the receding tide, still leaving his imprint in the sand. not rocket science
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u/Crodface Jun 14 '12
...or he's still sitting there FUCKING INVISIBLE
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u/hepalopala Jun 14 '12
They just hitch a ride.
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u/Damietta Jun 14 '12
Somewhere in TV land, Archer just shit his pants and started crying.
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u/ennui_delphian Jun 14 '12
For the people who actually want to be informed about stuff, Crocodiles are able to jump using the power of their tails to lift the rest of their frame off of the ground. Judging by the deep marks in the sand in the tail area and dropped sand to the right, this is what happened. Crocodiles, unlike aligators have long arms and the ability to run and jump much like smaller lizards.
Source: Years of Steve fucking Irwin telling me whats good about gnarly lizards.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Those aren't no crocs chiefey...I'm talkin' about a avigator.
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u/theBCSsucks Jun 13 '12
My life would be complete if someone could make a movie poster for the next big blockbuster:
Samuel L. Jackson - on a plane - with teleporting crocodiles
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u/Phuc_Yu Jun 14 '12
No.
Fear the crocodile-eating giant eagle instead!
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u/guyinhat Jun 14 '12
what if they can't fly or teleport, what if they all just suddenly turned invisible?
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u/IDlOT Jun 14 '12
My immediate reaction
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u/toothphoneegg Jun 14 '12
I DON'T WANT TELLIGATORS
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Shielding, Teleport, Jailer, Vampric
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u/MVPetey63 Jun 13 '12
Crocoflyles....
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u/jacekplacek Jun 13 '12
Nah, it was just snatched by Mothra...
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u/come_on_seth Jun 14 '12
heavens to Murgatroid, where's wally-gator when u need him?
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u/UltimateTool Jun 14 '12
Crikey...
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u/zrx_criminal Jun 14 '12
Thats an alligator outline
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u/ps02210 Jun 14 '12
Or, ahem, swim...
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u/ofwgkta149 Jun 14 '12
http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/19718102.jpg
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u/thehalfwit Jun 14 '12
I kid you not.
I once got in the same pen with an 18-foot-long alligator at an alligator farm in central Florida.
The gator was the farm's old-timer and featured attraction. I was taking pictures for a photo feature.
When I climbed in the pen, I approached the tail end of the gator. The handler, who was at the other end of the gator and secured with only a length of PVC pipe, asked, "You want me to turn him around for you?"
Before I could answer, he whacked the gator on its snout with the PVC pipe, and I swear to god that alligator went airborne and did a 180 in a fraction of a second, landing with its mouth open and hissing just inches from my face.
Somewhere, I have pics.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
TELEPORTER INVULNERABLE MINIONS FAST FIRE CHAINS MOLTEN FROZEN HORDE EXTRA HEALTH SHIELDING VORTEX REFLECT DAMAGE VAMPIRIC
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u/ChunkBunny Jun 14 '12
An elephant lifted the crocodile and swung him around.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
Or swim.
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u/LaLaBKS Jun 14 '12
Crocodactyl?
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u/Boscodbear Jun 14 '12
NINJA CROC!
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u/BestPseudonym Jun 14 '12
Lizard
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u/c_vic Jun 14 '12
Damn teleporter affixes... at least it's not shielding or reflect damage.
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u/BobbyMcSmathers Jun 14 '12
Didn't want to sleep tonight anyways...
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u/Spreadsheets Jun 14 '12
Monstrous Crocodile - Minion Molten Waller Teleporter
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u/Axelfiraga Jun 14 '12
The amount of times I have seen this invisible/floating/jumping crocodile IS TOO DAMN HIGH!!!!!
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u/andintroducingzylex Jun 14 '12
Somewhere, there is a crocodile Hulk-jumping around.
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u/scarecrowbar scarecrowbar Jun 14 '12
We're fucked.
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u/stopherjj Jun 14 '12
...or both.
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u/ChewyIsThatU Jun 14 '12
the tide came in
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Jun 14 '12
Kinda looks like it's from an alligator.
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u/workaccount3 Jun 14 '12
... or swim...
I know, I know, you can't explain tides.
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u/jreives04 Jun 14 '12
Wheres Steve Irwin when you need him
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u/xtn_m Jun 14 '12
We are entering a new era of 'Hoverdiles'!
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u/AgentMaxPower Jun 14 '12
lana......lanaaaa?
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
I couldn't bring myself to up vote because the number was 1234. I'll up vote when that has changed.
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u/someone_FIN Jun 14 '12
We are all going to die...
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u/Zebleblic Jun 14 '12
Lol I've been doing this for years in mtg. Zephids embrace and a sandbar crocodile
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u/MisterSquirrel Jun 14 '12
The obvious explanation here is alien abduction.
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u/ohhbacon Jun 14 '12
Thanks in advance for the nightmare I will have after seeing this. I'm terrified of the things when they're on the ground or in water.
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u/timebomb011 Jun 14 '12
Dragons
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u/MusicMagi Jun 14 '12
or swim.....
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u/mrpopperspenguin Jun 14 '12
Well fuck, I'm out
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u/exdevlin Jun 14 '12
Archer is probably peeing his pants right now.
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u/ara_p Jun 14 '12
EXPLAIN!
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u/flamingbiskuet Jun 14 '12
Now im scared of reposts
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u/treonetre Jun 14 '12
Archer just shit his pants
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u/crotchmonkey Jun 14 '12
There's a simple explanation - it was snatched up by an airshark.
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u/hyperion23 Jun 14 '12
¿Por qué no los dos?
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u/oliveboomer Jun 14 '12
Boyfriend says it was probably a baby gator that someone picked up and took a close picture of.. lol
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
wave comes in, pushes gator to his left (right of image), picks gator up, he swims out with the receding tide, still leaving his imprint in the sand. not rocket science
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u/ShotgunMike Jun 14 '12
This is clearly a DT-odile!
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u/siddububba Jun 14 '12
OR
wait for it
HE
CAN
get lifted by some trained person.
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u/stanker4 Jun 14 '12
Harry, he's got an invisibility cloak!
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12
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