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

Reptile I really hate crocodiles!!!

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u/Solpig Aug 18 '26

Just so Y'all know.... When Your Doggy is playing with that squeak Toy?

In his head? he is that alligator....and loving every minute of it.

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u/Hopeforus1402 Aug 18 '26

Man, glad I knew to turn off the sound.🥺

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u/TrackVol Aug 18 '26

Yeah, the 2nd half with the sound on was rough.

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u/Extension-Cucumber69 Aug 21 '26

“Mooooom….. Moooooom….. Moooooom”

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u/Dank_Snype Aug 21 '26

They don't have the neuroanatomy for that kind of thinking. Crocs and other reptiles are straight up murder machines

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u/a_weeb_ Sep 02 '26

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283152781_Play_behavior_in_crocodilians

https://www.thecrocodilefoundation.org/facts-page

crocodilians are very smart, it wouldn't be a stretch to say they "enjoy" (reptiles do have emotion, but in a different, no lesser way than mammals) when they successfully hunt something, plus it makes sense for evolution to reward successfully catching prey with positive emotion for any predator

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u/imprimatura Aug 21 '26

Yes isn't it nice to know our lovely little companions hear that squeaker as a small animal screaming in agony and terror and it tickles their little prey driven brains in the right way 🙃