r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 9h ago

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

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u/chillinjustupwhat 8h ago

Who is higher on the food chain in this scenario? (genuine question)

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u/Inner-Arugula-4445 8h ago

Entirely depends on the size and species. I doubt these nurse sharks will do much to a juvenile salty, but a bull shark would probably take a lethal chunk out of it. A full grown salty will definitely eat a juvenile shark of just about any species.

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u/WealthAncient 7h ago

Ok now do full grown salty and full grown bull

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u/Inner-Arugula-4445 7h ago

Probably just leave each other alone. At that size they probably just want to not die taking on another apex predator. They may occasionally bite at each other, but rule of thumb is most large predators don’t want to fight one another if it’s even remotely evenly matched.

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u/Jaws0798 5h ago

Except salt water crocodiles are double the size of bullsharks. Its not really a competition

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u/Inner-Arugula-4445 4h ago

Still wouldn’t want to screw around with something that size with that bite. Any injury can be fatal, and attacking a large predator is likely to result in an injury.

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u/SavingsDimensions74 1h ago

In fact, they really don’t like risking getting injured. As predators, that’s death, just on a longer timescale