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Sharks & Ocean Predators
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How a predator

takes down its prey

Discover how a saltwater crocodile can
take down prey of all shapes and sizes
Lurking silently beneath the surface of the brackish,
cloudy water, the saltwater crocodile is the ultimate
opportunist predator. The mottled green and brown of
its much-prized hide provides the perfect camoufl age,
concealing it from any animal unfortunate enough to take
a drink from a nearby bank.
As an eater with a wide diet, a saltie will devour pretty
much anything it can sink its well-suited, peg-like teeth
into. If it’s small enough, animals such as monkeys and
birds will be swallowed whole, while larger prey such as
wild boars and water buffalo will be dragged under the
water and drowned.

02 Neck bite
The prey
Water buffalo are a common The crocodile grabs

prey for saltwater crocodiles, its prey by the neck,
01 Strike who usually stalk and ambush Vice-like grip crushing the trachea
them from the shallows. With its pointed teeth and
It strikes from the water, with a bite force stronger
bone-crushing bite force,
launching forward using its once a saltwater takes hold, than any other animal on
muscular tail for propulsion. its prey rarely escapes. the planet.
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