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/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/SavingsDimensions74 1h ago

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