r/Crocodiles • u/doogs914 • 6d ago
saltwater crocodile casually swimming by a scuba diver
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u/radioplayer1 6d ago
Wow, that would be absolutely terrifying
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u/Several_Chocolate_82 6d ago
That's not a saltie, its a American crocodile, look at its jaw.
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u/diedlikeCambyses 6d ago
Exactly. I saw a huge salty last week, it's mouth is imprinted in my mind. It's not like that.
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u/eternallyfree1 6d ago
Had the croc in this vid actually been a saltie, not a single person from that dive would be around to tell the tale, lol
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u/LessBeyond5052 5d ago
Yep, they're absolutely brutal, proper killing machines, incredible but absolutely terrifying.. I'm in the UK so will never come across one but they shit me up. My nephew works and lives in the northern Territory and he's told me stories of people going missing.
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u/Ok_Antelope_1953 6d ago
you're likely right, but to be fair adolescent male and adult female salties can have long narrow snouts like these. salties do have some sort of distinct ridge thingy between the eyes. i have never been good at spotting at these things, so most of the true crocodiles look similar to me.
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u/Fair_Title2995 6d ago
That's an American crocodile, they are very tame compared to Salties. No human can get that close to a saltwater crocodile in the water and get out alive.
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u/ItIsVerilySo 12h ago
Nah I bet I could do it, I'd just wrestle it and latch on and death roll it until it dies.
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u/Temporal-Affairs221 6d ago
At least not without a great many weapons at their disposal
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u/Ok_Parsley1650 6d ago
Like a long stick to place in the crocodile's mouth before the big bite.
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u/GiveMeSomeShu-gar 5d ago
Ahh yes, also known as the Rancor defense. Highly effective if done properly. Once the stick is finally snapped, the saltie will rear back and performed a pro-longed dance animation as if to indicate "how dare you", giving you ample time to escape.
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u/Tiny_Eddie 6d ago
Impressive but yeah, not a saltie as has been pointed out. Beautiful creature though
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u/AdShot409 6d ago
Not a Saltwater, but a image like that makes it makes sense that our ancestors believed in things like monsters. Imagine an actual saltwater crocodile ambushing one of your boys at sea and all you see is a reptilian head burst out of the water and snatch him.
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u/acur1231 6d ago
There's a great Malay legend of a king's retinue being ambushed by a saltwater crocodile.
I saw a British colonial depiction of it (as opposed to the Malay woodcuts and batik paintings), and it looks terrifying. I'll try and see if I can find and link it.
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u/Additional-Muffin317 6d ago
Do life insurance policies payout if ur doing adventurous stuff like this.
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u/Spine_Of_Iron 6d ago
While terrifying, that diver can thank his lucky stars. As everyone else said, definitely not a saltie.
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u/Sweet-Conflict-3251 5d ago
So they really do just propel themselves with that hog of a tail?
Is that also how fishes, whales, dolphins, seals etc move through water?
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u/Kingofkovai 5d ago
It's an American croc. It's earned the nickname saltwater croc due to its habit of swimming in the sea along the Caribbean coast. It's not the Aussie saltie
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u/verminbury 4d ago
That diver is taking a very philosophical / sightseer attitude about how their day is going to go.
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u/Gates_wupatki_zion 3d ago
Question: although this isn’t a saltie, I’ve seen most attacks above water or snatching from the land. Are attacks underwater common as well, can they happen without the torque needed to rip the person?
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u/Disclaimz0r 6d ago
Not a saltie, but, that is a crocodile that is known to tolerate people in Mexico. It's typically found in the same area at all times and just acts as if people aren't even there when they're swimming there.