Rare Pictures: Crocodile Attacks Elephant .

.nationalgeographic ^

[Tucker39]

In an technique similar to putting a “twitch” on a horse, albeit at the opposite end of the animal; notice the guy has a firm grip on the Croc’s scrotum! As the saying goes, “If you get a guy by the ba!!s, his heart and mind will follow!”

[ETL]

I think that crock is gay. Look at the big smile on his face.

[Slings and Arrows]

“Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea...”

[fr_freak]

Those wascally cwocs! Always popping up when you least expect them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM

[Third Person]

SUPERCROC!

[Third Person]

[Supercroc, AKA Sarcosuchus imperator!]

[Daffynition]

Incredible images!

[El Gato]

Would have been a happier ending if Mrs. Jumbo had stomped the shiite out of the croc, rather than letting it slip back into the water.

[azhenfud]

During the attack, the elephants were able to move away from the water with the crocodile still hanging on to the adult
.....guides in the Zambian park had never before seen such an encounter.
Even for the formidable Nile crocodile, bringing down an elephant is no easy task, suggesting the ambush may have been an act of desperation or a simple mistake, according to Don Boyer, San Diego Zoo's curator of herpetology.
[One obvious explanation they omitted: The croc forgot to put in his contact lenses that morning. This kind of thing happens to me all the time]
"Predators can make mistakes," Boyer said. "They can take on something and then say, Wow, hindsight is 20/20, and this was a big mistake."
This particular clash of the titans had a happy ending.except perhaps for the hungry crocodile.
"The elephant managed to turn, but the croc was still hanging on," photographer Nyfeler said. "Then the little baby somehow stumbled over the croc, and the croc released the elephant.
"The croc went back into the water, and both elephants just ran away."

Sounds like a Democrat's attack on a Republican - they forget the power of the little guys....

But, of course, Democrats are crocks (sic)...

[azhenfud]

I’ve seen that rendering before and have always thought the tail doesn’t have a correct taper given the body size of the animal. Maybe I’m wrong, but the proportional relationship is totally off...

[ETL]

>>Supercroc, AKA Sarcosuchus imperator

For the record, Sarcosuchus imperator is long extinct. It lived during the early Cretaceous Period, about 112 million years ago.

“It was almost twice as long as the modern saltwater crocodile and weighed approximately 8 to 10 tonnes.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcosuchus

[ETL]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodilia

[Moltke]

So what, do you think they're plants?

Sure, they (we!) are not flora, but fauna.

But when I'm on a busy street, I don't see a herd of animals, I see a crowd of humans (people). If you think of your fellow humans in terms of animals, something may be wrong with you.

[NonZeroSum]

If you think of your fellow humans in terms of animals, something may be wrong with you.

Yes, the "something wrong with me" is that I am familiar with the Linnaean taxonomy of biology. What's your problem?

[Moltke]

No real problem here. But this is an instance where I would tend to not observe strict scientific nomenclature.

I’ll leave putting humans and animals on the same level to the PETA crowd (I am *not* saying you are some PETA nut). That’s just how it struck me.

Cheers!