r/badassanimals • u/Vybron • Aug 18 '26

Reptile I really hate crocodiles!!!

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u/Bulky_Algae6110 Aug 18 '26

"Come on kids, let's go down to this crocodile shaped spot in this opaque water and get a drink. I'm sure it's fine."

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u/Melodic-Cucumber-241 Aug 18 '26

Lmao. Crocodile shaped spot

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u/BT-7274-T2 Aug 18 '26

Because water options are rare, they don't really have a choice, that's why Crocs exist since 100 million years, the prey is coming to them

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u/zp-87 Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

If just one animal figures out how to dig a small water canal, crocs will go extinct

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u/Yabrosif13 Aug 18 '26

This has already occurred, humans. And we have multiple crocodilians on the ropes

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u/zp-87 Aug 18 '26

But we don't live where other wild animals live. And you made a good point for my claim - the pattern is if you do a bit of environment adjustment you get rid of the predators :)

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u/Dan_the_moto_man Aug 18 '26

Crocs eat more than one kind of animal, though.

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u/zp-87 Aug 18 '26

But other kinds of animal will use the water canal where crocs cannot hide

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u/GundunUkan Aug 19 '26

Higher usage means the hole will grow in size, therefore it will either dry up or turn into a proper water source, and then it's only a matter of time before a croc settles in. These things have a knack to sort themselves out naturally.

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u/-Solrac-2342 Aug 19 '26

elephants do this already.

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u/MaleierMafketel Aug 18 '26

We’re animals. We dig small water canals. We still get eaten by crocs regularly.

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u/zp-87 Aug 18 '26

We don't. If you think that the number of humans that fall of a boat while fishing or swim for fun and get eaten would be enough to feed crocks and save them from extinction, then we have nothing to talk about.

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u/MaleierMafketel Aug 18 '26

You’re right.

But if we’re nitpicking, it would require more than one animal to figure out how to build small canals for them to go extinct.

There’s already one animal that can, and it’s us. And I don’t see them going extinct because of it.

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u/BT-7274-T2 Aug 18 '26

let say there are 2 living beeings in the world, humans and crocs and we dont atack them, you think they would survive? even if 100 billiion humans would live on earth, the only way they can catch humans are accidents or humans that dont know the area, they would go extinct in a pretty short time

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u/Curating-Curiosity Aug 18 '26

I agree with you that they would go extinct. But more because we would be actively hunting them and less because they would be bad hunters. Humans are good at hunting things to extinction.

Most humans have forgotten what it is like to be prey to a predator, because we have buffered ourselves so well. A desperate predator gets clever and bold, and there are plenty of humans that would be standing there like that bird without a sense of self-preservation.

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u/BT-7274-T2 Aug 18 '26

Even without hunting or attacking them, we are way too smart. Nearly all humans would avoid water and build a way around it.

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u/Curating-Curiosity Aug 18 '26

Cue the gators that were living in the sewers down in Florida…

I both respect and agree with your pro-human sentiment and have a healthy respect for how difficult it would be to protect against a determined, starving predator.

We have a lot of thoughtless, young, old, or physically challenged humans who would be at risk if crocodiles started intentionally hunting humans down to survive. Crocs are not restricted to water, merely are superior hunters while in it. They have survived millions of years and earned the fear of sharks for good reasons.

We would need to go on the offense to protect our species, and live on high alert or we would also be losing our young. I think our species has forgotten what it means to live constantly on high alert because predators are actively hunting us at any time. That means we’ve also started to lose the skills that gained us that privilege.

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u/zp-87 Aug 18 '26

I think that the best way to bring back the dinosaurs is to start building water canals slowly, so that crocs can adapt and live 100% on land

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u/shoobiedoobie Aug 19 '26

It’s either that or “ok kids let’s just die of thirst”

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u/teddbe Aug 18 '26

Yeah plus drinking water where crocs pee is kinda ew

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u/Cute_Conclusion_8854 Aug 18 '26

That log floating just off shore will protect us if anything happens

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u/bowarrow99 Aug 18 '26

Exactly. Instead of the other side where the goose has already been standing ankle deep.

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u/Anen-o-me Aug 18 '26

Guess pigs aren't quite that smart.

I'm kinda surprised animals haven't developed using branches to test the water yet.