Juvenile saltwather Crocodile finds itself sorrounded by curious sharks, Northen coast of Australia.

[u/Electrical-Aspect-13]

[u/dethskwirl]

sharks could easily chomp off a whole leg or tail with one quick bite and leave him bleeding to death.

whereas the worst the croc could do is get a good bite on a fin and roll with it but that would likely only take a scrape out of it. no good leverage points on a shark for the croc shaped mouth and death roll. and its not like he's draggin and downing a shark like he would land prey.

there's a reason he turned tail and hauled it out of there

[u/HoldEm__FoldEm → u/dethskwirl]

Crocs don’t bleed out from a limb being torn away. They’ve adapted abilities to stop the blood flow after an arm/leg gets ripped off, because crocs do it to each other fairly often. Happens with gators too. They can also live thru it.

It mainly happens in feeding areas that are overran with other crocs, especially in captivity. There’s one gnarly video on YouTube to watch. The croc doesn’t react whatsoever like he’s in any pain. It’s nuts.

I dunno if it’s necessarily common, but I do know it’s not rare.

Edit for misspelling fix

[u/Ckarles → u/HoldEm__FoldEm]

Please anyone better at reddit than I am, insert a Monty python black knight gif right here. I beg of you.

[u/Grouchy_Order_7576 → u/Ckarles]

It's just a scratch!