Saltwater crocodiles surf ocean currents

Surf's up dude!

i wonder how many altercations occur between these crocs and larger sharks? that is interesting. go salties! surf that wave buddy!

i wonder how many altercations occur between these crocs and larger sharks? that is interesting. go salties! surf that wave buddy! heres one for craps n laughs aahaa my thats hilarious

The article states that they arn't great swimmers. From what I have seen there pretty darn good at it.

Too bad that's only a CGI simulation. I would be curious to see a real instance caught on video, but I don't think that's likely unless underwater.

i wonder how many altercations occur between these crocs and larger sharks? That's always been a non-issue to most people, assuming that if they did encounter one another it would be in shallow water and the shark would have little chance against a croc. I'd bet out to sea it would be exactly the opposite though. According to the research the crocs are using surface currents. White sharks strike from below. So if they did encounter one another, I'd bet a white shark could mess a croc up pretty bad on the initial hit. Assuming the initial hit isn't just a taste test to see what the hell that th... [More]