another croc and bull story...
     - al fresco · canada · Aug 14, 2007 @ 11:51am

Crocodiles eat sharks all the time in brackish rivers, this is nothing new.
     - Ray · Queensland · Aug 14, 2007 @ 12:31pm

I wonder who would win? - A full size version of each species facing off in an olympic sized swimming pool??
     - Nick Forkmeister · Hull · Aug 14, 2007 @ 8:42pm

c'mon ray, go to joke school...
     - al fresco · canada · Aug 16, 2007 @ 12:06pm

wow is the only thing i can say
     - perrez · nassau bahamas · Sep 5, 2007 @ 12:57pm

i reckon that croc is stupid because it ate a poor innocent shark. its like a adult man eating a helpless baby. im gonna bash that croc
     - t pain vs croc · sydney · Jan 13, 2008 @ 8:12pm

I'm hungry.
     - Hose Ricardo · Panama City, Panama · Jan 21, 2008 @ 6:13pm

Up to 9 meters!? The biggest saltwater crocodile ever recorded was 7m. I agree in this story the bull was just a snack, but let's not exaggerate *too* much. ;)
     - Sheamus · England · Mar 14, 2008 @ 5:22pm

The Largest Bull sharks may weigh many hundreds of pounds 800 to be speciefic and measure 8 feet while The Largest Saltwater Crocodiles weigh 1 to 2 tons 2,000 to 4,000 pounds and measure 27 possibly 30 feet long.
     - Antonio · Randolph,New Jersey · May 23, 2008 @ 1:15pm

Must have been good eating to swallow that much BULL.
     - BIG AL · ENGLAND · Jun 24, 2008 @ 9:30am

The largest bull sharks reach 6-8ft long and weigh 600-800 pounds while the largest saltwater crocodiles may reach on average 14-16ft with occasional 18ft and 23-27ft being exremly rare. Hey Sheamus saltwater crocodiles could have reached 30ft in the past how do you now he is over estimating? There is a skull in the Harved biological institute that is 5ft 6inches and could have come from an animal between 27ft and 30ft so the complete skeleton could have measured 28ft 5inches.
     - Anton Hinds · Randolph,New Jersey · Oct 4, 2008 @ 12:48pm

crocs king of the ocean?! not true orcas and great whites can kill them easy and they are faster than them
     - ray mendoza · los angeles,california · Oct 26, 2008 @ 1:19pm

Wow! I hate sharks, so yay crocodile
     - Lici · Lakewood, Us · Nov 24, 2008 @ 8:04am

Orcas are the true super predators of the ocean. When in pods, they can kill and eat blue whales, and when alone, they can and will eat sharks, crocs, dolphins, seals, big fish like tuna, etc. Sperm whales too. They eat GIANT SQUID.
     - the next president · inside your mind · Dec 18, 2008 @ 9:02am

crocs kill sharks all the so I'm not surprised.
     - ronaldinho · ojai.california · Jan 12, 2009 @ 9:29am

thats why crocs hang out in creeks and rivers to hide from the mighty white
     - cass · australia · Jan 22, 2009 @ 8:08pm

I give it all to white(sharks) because looking @ the dentition white bite to crush and cut while crocs bite to tear.
     - Tomi joshua okunola · Lagos,Nigeria · Mar 7, 2009 @ 2:20am

It would harldy be fair to match these two predators one on one, they have completly different types of attack... in a murky dark river u would back a croc, the open ocean u would have to back the bull shark it all depends where it is
     - KP · Tuggas, Australia · Mar 14, 2009 @ 5:49am

Whoa this croc is very impressive i won't eat a bull shark for diner.
     - Arno · Australia · Apr 6, 2009 @ 7:28pm

wow a Croc eating a shark how sad its nature get over it we kill thousonds of sharks each year but one croc killing one for food is so bad.
     - Craig · Australia · Apr 14, 2009 @ 6:49am

A salt water croc and a great white shark would be a 50-50 encounter. Like all fish, the great white will only die instantly if it gets brian-damaged, otherwise it can go on fighting longer than the croc. Also the great white's jaws and teeth can really deliver the croc a fatal blow by attacking any vital part of its body. The croc can only deliver a fatal blow if it aims for the shark's skull. Once the croc grabs something in its mouth it won't let go until it is ripped apart, whereas the shark will let go of its victim if he doesn't like what he bites. Also the croc would have the physical ability and the intelligence to grab onto the shark in a way that he'd be able to attack the shark's head without being attacked, because the shark apart from his jaws he has no other combat tools. Overall I believe the great white is physically stronger and better adapted to water combat, but the crocodile would win because of its stubborn nature and superior intelligence. A shark would only fight in search for prey, otherwise he has no interest in attacking another animal, so he doesn't really know what "combat" is about, he knows knows "hunting". On the other hand a crocodile could attack just about any animal for whatever reason, be it steal its food or protect its territory or just because he was having a bad day, so he's both a hunter and a fighter. But a shark would never attack a crocodile because it could never mistake it fo
     - Asimos · Athens · Apr 22, 2009 @ 1:04pm

What is with all the comments about Great Whites killing salt water crocs? While Crocs in the NT do move into the sea... these are warm waters... Great Whites dwell in cool temperate waters the two species do not co-exist... as for orcas (killer whales) killing them this too is preposterious
     - bbc_boy · melb australia · May 3, 2009 @ 8:13pm

Sharks are not stupid, especially great white one. They have several different hunting methods and can adapt if their prey animal changes its behavior in water. Shark brain is different than ours, but not small: sharks are more distant relatives to us than almost any other fish in the world, they have different brain "design" than mammals. As for which one wins the battle I would say shark. In deep sea shark is many times faster, more agile and has superior senses, so it could catch saltwater crock and kill it before it knows what happened. Even in shallow water where crock could lay onto bottom where it could surprise equally sized shark which swims over it it would have difficult time holding it because shark has bigger bulk, and if shark gets loose croc is in trouble. Great white has one of the biggest bite force of all currently living animals, much greater then crock, and shark teeth are made to cut pieces off its prey unlike crocks teeth. One bite and crock is dead (if shark chooses to hunt it, usually it would not). This of course is entirely fictional because, as bbc_boy said, both animals live in entirely different environments. If encounter happens then bigger and faster wins. In nature it is not uncommon that predatory animals kill other, smaller, predators if they can, but usually similar size predators are left alone because their usual preys are easier to catch and don't fight back so much. If you are a lion, why hunt cheetah if there is
     - Timo · Helsinki, Finland · May 29, 2009 @ 6:17am

"jeez, I guess I'm just stupid, but since when do sharks live in rivers? jesssssssssssssus, glad I live up here in boston, yeah, it's cold but no 30 foot crocs..yikes! along with all of other fun killing creatures waaaaaaaaaaay down under!!! whew!" - stupid I guess · boston ma · Apr 11, 2009 @ 2:37pm Bull sharks are the only type of shark that can survive in fresh water for any amount of time. And as for living in Boston, in New Jersey in 1916 there were three shark attacks in a river. New evidence suggests that this was a bull shark as bull sharks have special physiological adaptations that enable them to live in fresh water. Their kidneys recycle the salt within their bodies and special glands, located near their tails, also aid in salt retention. Interesting bit of information!
     - Cyn · Edmonton, Canada · Jun 23, 2009 @ 2:14pm

as cool as it would be to watch a full grown croc fight a full grown shark its just really unlikely it would never happen simply because there is too much risk of being injured for both of them
     - Adrian · NJ,USA · Jun 29, 2009 @ 9:30am

coookie cutter would saw into a croc but wait...20 cookie cutter sharks would peel the flesh off one!!! great white would rip the crocodile to pieces even though a croc will manage to tear a fin or two off.
     - Patrick · Albany/US · Jul 11, 2009 @ 5:57pm

orcas and sharks fight often and 9/10 times the orcas wins although if the shark get in a bite the orca may die later bothe the orca and the shark will inihalate the croc. :) conclusion orca>shark orca generaly wind orca>croc orca wins shark>croc shark wins soz crocs
     - geckodelta · london · Oct 2, 2009 @ 4:23am

Saltwater crocodiles and great white sharks are two of the top predators in the food chain. I would not want to come across either one. A battle between saltie and whitie would be interesting. It depends how big the crocodile and shark are. The biggest salt croc can be up to 26 feet long along the coast of Indochina and the East Indy Islands north of Australia. It can weigh anywhere from 2000 to 4000 pounds. The biggest white shark can be up to 26 feet too and weigh 2000 to over 4000 pounds out in all the oceans. The saltwater crocodile's bite force is 2200 psi while the great white shark's bite force is 1800 psi. The salt croc has a more powerful bite than the white shark because of the difference in the jaws and teeth. The saltwater crocodile crushes it's prey due to large spike shaped teeth and a narrower set of jaws. The great white shark cuts it's prey due to large serrated teeth and a rounder set of jaws. The saltwater croc is a reptile which means it can only stay under water up to an hour. The great white is a fish which means it can breathe under water twenty four hours a day. This poses a disadvantage to the saltwater crocodile because it would have to come up to the surface for air leaving it's belly open to the white shark. The shark could easily bite through the croc's belly. On the other hand, the croc could strike first and encase the shark's head in it's jaws and crush the great white shark's head using the death roll.
     - Michael Felix · walnut creek, CA · Nov 1, 2009 @ 9:39am

This article has helped in my debating topic!! cheers
     - Georgie · Sydney, Australia · Nov 24, 2009 @ 3:31pm

i thought it would be a bigger shark then that but very big salt water croc.Not has big has sweethart.
     - kareem wellington · georgie sydney australia · Dec 6, 2009 @ 11:03am

the great white would tear that croc to pieces
     - hte · fl · Feb 27, 2010 @ 7:46pm

You're all wrong. Neither the Croc nor the Great White stand a chance against the most feersum predator known to humanity: Chuck Norris. Let's face it, The wrath of the One True Chuck would result in both Crock and Great Whitey getting roundhoused to KerPowie!!! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!
     - Jim · Singapore · Apr 11, 2010 @ 8:58am

Crocs are living legend,they eat dinos back to d phestoric era.
     - Denskid30 · Phils. · Jun 3, 2010 @ 1:33am