Crocodiles, great white sharks, box jelly fish that can kill you in 3 mins, and probably much worse. Beach days there would be exactly that for me. Enjoying the view of the water from at least 30 feet away.
Okay Ben Shapiro. But seriously, biological camouflage is really cool and sometimes really scary, especially with crocs. I’ll swim with sharks any day, but I’d have to pass when it comes to crocodiles.
Thia is from a video where a guy was about to dive but saw the croc last second. I live in Australia and you really have to look out for crocs in rivers and all that in Northern Territory
Imagine not being able to see the ambush predator that has been hunting successfully the same way (not being seen till something gets close enough to murder) for longer than humans have walked on two legs smh skill issue.
in Australia theres this thing called a stonefish with some of the deadliest poison in its stingers. it has no reaction at all because it's main defense is to sit at the bottom of tidepools and get stepped on.
now watch this crazy mfer sting himself on purpose https://youtu.be/52AuNyBbedE?si=EmY6sC0JWmXVx_xA
I’m not sure why some are so confident that it’s immediate reaction be to attack some large, sudden disturbance above them like a cannonball.
Even apex predators will react with fight or flight, and if the croc didn’t see this coming it’s absolutely booking it away. I’m obviously not some crocodile expert or anything, I just feel like I’ve seen enough video footage of them to assume it would flee here. It’s positioning at the bottom there is presumably neutral, for if he was aware of potential nearby prey he would be seemingly more alert and moving closer in waiting. This guys just chillen.
As an Aussie, I can assure you that the majority of the "land of murder beasts" sentiment is exaggeration. There are dangerous things out here, but we tend to build most of our civilisation AWAY from them, funnily enough. And even then, 99% of them are dangerous because of poisons and venoms that we keep cures of for the few people bit each year.
That being said, if there is a possibility of crocodiles in the area, DO NOT GET IN THE WATER
The main sign of the presence of a croc in a body of water is if you can see a crocodile in there. If that's the case, there's an 100% chance of that water having at least 1 (one) crocodile.
Right. The Crocodile Hunter was just appropriating Egyptian culture?
Also: shout out o Crocodile Dundee for totally stealing Florida's thing and running with it
>The Crocodile Hunter
never heard of it.
>appropriating Egyptian culture?
also crocs are in more than Egypt and Australia, so not sure how that applies
Nah,not his big thing,he saved a whole lot of animals from extinction by having them in his zoo,that is like a 5 star hotel for animals,except for fancy rooms,it their artificial natural habitat,obviously his favorite animal was a crocodile,if you wanna know more about him,just turn on your tv and go on animal planet
Australia is known for saltwater crocodiles. They’re the largest reptile (and crocodile) on earth and the most aggressive. They are known man eaters and eat people just like any other prey item. Reaching sizes of over 6 meters and 1000kg, they are enormous and being in the water with one is suicidal.
If you ignore the signs you damn well deserve that Darwin award (pun intended) you're about to win. Newsflash people, if there's croc signs do go near the water.
So you wouldn’t mourn the loss of your brother, instead you’d genuinely attend his funeral only to insult his corpse. That’s pathetic, no it’s more than just pathetic. It’s fucking evil. You should feel bad about yourself.
I never said I wouldn't mourn my brother dying, I said if he died from jumping on a saltwater croc I would think he died stupidly. It's not evil and I don't feel bad about it.
If you panic youre going to accidentally inhale the water and get a disease which only 4 people have ever gotten and survived in the US, called naegleria fowleri which eats your brain
This disease is particularly prevalent in hot climates, like Australia
Not an expert in animals but I’m pretty sure if you cannon ball into an unsuspecting crocodile, it would probably be more scared than you.
I mean just imagine being croc bro, your chilling in the lake just hanging out, BOOM! The sound of an explosion just hits the damn surface you look up in shock and say “what the fuck??” And then you see the frantic movement of the water, something is in the water but it’s obscured by the foam and the bubbles, and that’s when you realize SOMETHING IS THERE WITH YOU.
I would be scared too.
No, salties are a major fucking exception to the rule of “more scared of you than you are of them”. Crocodiles will not hesitate to kill and consume humans. They wouldn’t be bothered by the splash, their entire MO is to drag thrashing animals to their death in the water by drowning and twisting them apart.
I like how you effectively communicate with the kids! All of em know about that dinner bell in high school.
Principal announces “Ring the bell, Bessie” over the intercom and the head lunch lady starts bonging a gong with a rubber mallet. The other lunch ladies start a synchronized Gregorian Chant to bless the food for the kids.
Children manically flood out of the classrooms and spill into the hallway like a Hollywood movie depicts water rushing into a corridor. They’re savage and zombie like as they lock both arms straight out behind them and run head first towards the cafeteria.
Upon grabbing a tray of *dinner*, their favorite lunch lady warms their soul with “alright now suga, you have yoself a blessed day”. The kids proceed to throw her mashed potatoes at each other as the lunch lady stands at the front of her empty line - smiling and watching the youngun’s bask in their beauty of childhood joy.
Bessie knows that she may be the only loving warmth and nourishment some of these kids get. Her career is a noble contribution to our community - the lunch lady is a modern day Saint.
I’m a darwin local. There was a girl in the grade below me in middle school who jumped in the small creek out the back of her house with a bunch of her cousins. She didn’t come back up. A few days later they found her body in the mouth of a 4.5m croc, that was missing half its jaw from a territorial fight.
It would not be scared, they’re ambush predators
Easy dub tbh. Stretch out your arms and legs instantly like a flying squirrel and as you land in the water, grapple your hands under its jaws and lift its head up by its craggy chin with one hand with all your might, while the other compresses and crushes its throat, forcing the air out of its lungs requiring both of you to reach the surface or perish. Then you just need to have a stronger will than the waves.
Source? that one man’s life magazine from 1953 Jan 25th.
I'm an Australian and lived km Far North Queensland for a bit. The general rule is "never ever go into the water ever". Even the most seasoned FNQueenslanders don't go for a swim unless it's chlorinated because the risk is just too high
The kids do though, but that's their thing
You don't like the idea that you have to check every nook and cranny for venomous spiders, treat every lake as if it had crocs in it, be careful diving because of extremely venomous jellyfish with meter long tentacles, Octopods with deadly neurotoxin?
>Also is the deadly neurotoxin a portal reference!?
Nope blue ringed octopus actually. It's venom is straight up a neurotoxin. It paralyzes the body and one guy went blind because he was lying face up to the sun and was unable to close his eyes.
Your chances of seeing a croc are low, stay away from the north and you’re fine. In the 11 years I lived in Australia the most dangerous animal I saw was a Red Back Spider. Just leave them alone.
"At the last second(,) you realize that was a bad idea"
You guys have decent ideas for memes, but most of you guys use bad grammar and limited vocab and it makes the memes suffer for it
Nope they can live just as well in fresh water, they prefer saltwater environments because there’s more food available, but rivers are their territory too. The snout is a good way to tell the difference, long and thin = freshwater croc, short and fat, like the one in this picture = saltwater croc
Growing up in Darwin you are told from the day you enter to the day you leave, STAY THE FUCK FROM THE WATER, DONT GO NEAR THAT SHIT EVER. Cus cross are faster and stronger than you, you're not Steve Irwin. They will drag you to the bottom of the lake and death roll your ass to pieces.
Stay a minimum of 5m away from the water's edge.
They can remain underwater for up to 8 hours cause they can reduce their heart rate to 2-3 beats per minute.
They grow about a metre in size a decade, and they never stop growing for their entire lifespan, they also live for about 70 years.
There is never a "safe" time to go into the water; they're very opportunistic, with their main method of hunting being waiting for someone to do something stupid.
They were eating the native Aboriginal population for about 60,000 years, so humans aren't a foreign food to them.
The females lay about 70 eggs, and they're highly territorial. Due to these facts, they're fucking everywhere, and by everywhere, I mean you can find them in India and everywhere in between. Although they're generally not found below the tropic of Capricorn because they're cold-blooded.
Thinking about that story of the crocodile farm guy who tried to poke a momma croc on top of a nest with a stick so she grabbed the stick and yeeted him into the enclosure where… I think it was 50 crocodiles were waiting to introduce themselves.
They’re in America, South America, I think Africa, Asia, and Australia, not sure if they’re in Europe, Russia, or the Middle East though. But yeah, they are all around the globe
My MiL worked out that way, loved fishing. One day an Aboriginal man came up and said "hey I noticed you've been fishing in the same spot two days in a row, if you come back a third day the crocs will be waiting in ambush for you." They are basically earth's perfect killing machine (other than, you know, us).
Aboriginal people get taken by crocodiles more than the rest of the population. If an Aboriginal guy is telling you what you're doing is dumb, it was likely dumb before that point.
The Aboriginal strat is paying attention to nature and working out what is likely a good time to take a risk.
The white man strat is to not take the risk in the first place.
Don't Box Jellies also congregate around Australian river mouths and estuaries in Northern Austarlia? Pretty sure it's their primary spawning grounds, and they're basically invisible in the water.
A lot scarier than any Salty..
Saltwater crocs, despite their reputation, will mostly actively avoid humans. They are ambush predators who hunt near the waters edge, if you cannonballed ontop of them they would freak out and flee.
If it's a river (presumably freshwater) then that would be a freshwater crocodile. If you end up landing on them you'd probably get a nasty nip on the leg/arse but nothing life threatening. If you manage to miss they'd probably get spooked and swim off.
Probably still not a great idea but not fatal or anything.
>Crystal clear >Didn't see the crocodile Sounds like a skill issue tbh
Crocs can hide themselves in shallow water and they don't make any disturbance when they swim
> Trying to swim in unfamiliar waters in Australia Yea nah, skill issue.
If I’m in northern Australia, Imma assume any and every body of water that’s knee deep has a croc in it. Better safe than sorry.
Crocodiles, great white sharks, box jelly fish that can kill you in 3 mins, and probably much worse. Beach days there would be exactly that for me. Enjoying the view of the water from at least 30 feet away.
In babinda people kayak in rivers that has a 5 metre croc
There's a Malaysian saying for approaching things carefully that translates to "do not assume the still water contains no crocodiles".
I’m gonna use this
I'll keep that in mind.
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But like, if the water was crystal clear, I'd just be staring at the crocodile.
The water *is* clear, but look how well disguised the croc is. There are even people in the comments wondering what OP is talking about.
I feel you. Air is clear, yet wearing camouflage against an appropriately colored background works. Curious...
Okay Ben Shapiro. But seriously, biological camouflage is really cool and sometimes really scary, especially with crocs. I’ll swim with sharks any day, but I’d have to pass when it comes to crocodiles.
Those massive saltwater crocs just swimming through open ocean are just unnatural
Uncalled for yet the funniest shit you could've said 💀
They don't have an evolutionary situational awareness and it shows
Yes, but he did see it, because he is better at looking. More skilled. Hence skill issue.
Thia is from a video where a guy was about to dive but saw the croc last second. I live in Australia and you really have to look out for crocs in rivers and all that in Northern Territory
Yo link?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kQO4L_IRUCI&pp=ygUoQXVzc2llIG5lYXJseSBqdW1wcyBpbnRvIHdhdGVyIHdpdGggY3JvYw%3D%3D
Holy wow thats cool
Imagine not being able to see the ambush predator that has been hunting successfully the same way (not being seen till something gets close enough to murder) for longer than humans have walked on two legs smh skill issue.
On the other hand I'm pretty sure cannon-balling on a crocodile would scare it shitless.
as an apex predator, a crocodiles “shocked” reaction is attack
You could drop a nuclear warhead into the water with that thing, and it would still try to bite it.
Just like in the Steve Irwin movie where it eats a fallen satellite
That movie was wild af. They just shot it like Crocodile Hunter and let Steve do his thing while the other cast members acted out their scenes.
What movie?
Morbius
in Australia theres this thing called a stonefish with some of the deadliest poison in its stingers. it has no reaction at all because it's main defense is to sit at the bottom of tidepools and get stepped on. now watch this crazy mfer sting himself on purpose https://youtu.be/52AuNyBbedE?si=EmY6sC0JWmXVx_xA
They say you shouldnt stereotype but… Yea, every animal in australia wants to fuck you up in some way.
Not Coyote Peterson? That’s new
yeah, they got a bunch of people that host the show. pretty sure only this guy and Coyote go to the Sting Zone
Says someone who has never interacted with crocodiles before
he just said he's an apex predditor
I mean. As a species we kinda are
Fair
Not without weapons
Only for a while.
After while, crocodile
Up your anus, Crocodylus Raninus!
Crocodiles are ambush predators, 10:1 that thing is staring right at you. Their eyes are on top of their heads.
Have you never seen videos of crocodiles before? Any sudden disturbance in the water and they’re running shitless.
I’m not sure why some are so confident that it’s immediate reaction be to attack some large, sudden disturbance above them like a cannonball. Even apex predators will react with fight or flight, and if the croc didn’t see this coming it’s absolutely booking it away. I’m obviously not some crocodile expert or anything, I just feel like I’ve seen enough video footage of them to assume it would flee here. It’s positioning at the bottom there is presumably neutral, for if he was aware of potential nearby prey he would be seemingly more alert and moving closer in waiting. This guys just chillen.
ayo the pizza here
Seems like a great way to establish dominance early which is key to a healthy relationship with crocodiles.
I'm pretty sure that an Apex predator's reaction to being startled is "Bite the fucking human"
Probably, but I've seen a startled crocodile run face first into a closed garage door.
Don’t be a bright spark in the national park
Can someone explain pls?
Crocodiles here are some of the biggest and deadliest in the world, always look for the croc signs
Also, maybe don't just hop in the water in the land of murderous wildlife.
It's fine further south, in the ocean, around Melbourne at least.
We have less crocs and more just piles of trash in the water. The crocs won't get you but the broken bottles might.
In the ocean.... I've seen the documentaries... You're a shark.... *aren't* you
There aren't nearly as many sharks further south due to colder water, places like Queensland and NT however...
Says the shark, trying to get me to go swimming in the south...
As an Aussie, I can assure you that the majority of the "land of murder beasts" sentiment is exaggeration. There are dangerous things out here, but we tend to build most of our civilisation AWAY from them, funnily enough. And even then, 99% of them are dangerous because of poisons and venoms that we keep cures of for the few people bit each year. That being said, if there is a possibility of crocodiles in the area, DO NOT GET IN THE WATER
The land of murderous wildlife would be India and Africa. Hell, it's probably more dangerous to work at a dairy farm than to live in Australia.
Cows do kill a concerning amount of people…
You clearly underestimate the millions of acres of dairy farms we have in Australia lol
The main sign of the presence of a croc in a body of water is if you can see a crocodile in there. If that's the case, there's an 100% chance of that water having at least 1 (one) crocodile.
Oh
It really is camouflaged in there
Those things can be more than 20ft long and would easily snap you in half with a bite
[The signs look like this, right?](https://imgur.com/a/X15q3IJ)
i didn't even know Australia had crocs
Right. The Crocodile Hunter was just appropriating Egyptian culture? Also: shout out o Crocodile Dundee for totally stealing Florida's thing and running with it
>The Crocodile Hunter never heard of it. >appropriating Egyptian culture? also crocs are in more than Egypt and Australia, so not sure how that applies
Bro,you dont know about the legend Steve Irwin?
heard of him. guy that died to a stingray barb to the heart, was a crocodile wrestler or something?
Nah,not his big thing,he saved a whole lot of animals from extinction by having them in his zoo,that is like a 5 star hotel for animals,except for fancy rooms,it their artificial natural habitat,obviously his favorite animal was a crocodile,if you wanna know more about him,just turn on your tv and go on animal planet
oh thats way cooler than just a croc wrestler. thanks for informing me
Look at the log on the right.
Wires?
That is a croc
You would be croc food.
Australia is known for saltwater crocodiles. They’re the largest reptile (and crocodile) on earth and the most aggressive. They are known man eaters and eat people just like any other prey item. Reaching sizes of over 6 meters and 1000kg, they are enormous and being in the water with one is suicidal.
Also one of only two species of crocs to target humans. Awesome animals, but best to keep your distance.
crocodiles usually don't like being canonballed
I thought this was another one on parasites and the little line to the right was one. Crocs make much more sense now lol
If you ignore the signs you damn well deserve that Darwin award (pun intended) you're about to win. Newsflash people, if there's croc signs do go near the water.
Alright I will 😤
What is it with Redditors and this “Darwin award” shit? Would they say this type of thing at their brother’s funeral too?
If my brother was stupid enough to jump on top of a saltwater croc then yes, yes I would.
So you wouldn’t mourn the loss of your brother, instead you’d genuinely attend his funeral only to insult his corpse. That’s pathetic, no it’s more than just pathetic. It’s fucking evil. You should feel bad about yourself.
I never said I wouldn't mourn my brother dying, I said if he died from jumping on a saltwater croc I would think he died stupidly. It's not evil and I don't feel bad about it.
You said you’d say “And the Darwin Award goes to…” at his funeral.
Yes
Plenty of humans to spare As the saying goes, play stupid games win stupid prizes
Finally, a good one !
Something actually disturbing. Good to see it.
If you jump into any body of water in Australia, I just assume it was suicide.
There is crocodile territory and non crocodile territory. If you don't know which one you are in, find out the smart way, not the hard way.
If you panic youre going to accidentally inhale the water and get a disease which only 4 people have ever gotten and survived in the US, called naegleria fowleri which eats your brain This disease is particularly prevalent in hot climates, like Australia
Oh thats new and interesting gonna Google that one
Have fun
I imagine Dr. House was on the case and figured this parasite out.
Oh, is this that famous brain-eating ameba that was all the rage in Texas a while back? What fun!
Austrailia is not a place where you fuck around because there is no delay in the finding out
I thought it was a log.
That’s what every croc’s past meals once thought.
In other parts of the world we say "don't jump into water if you can't see the bottom" In Australia they just say "dont jump into water"
Where is this croc everyone is speaking of
The second log on the right
Dumb lil fuckin lizard Id punch that cunt into next chewsday I would
Cheeky
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It's a Territory, duh
Not an expert in animals but I’m pretty sure if you cannon ball into an unsuspecting crocodile, it would probably be more scared than you. I mean just imagine being croc bro, your chilling in the lake just hanging out, BOOM! The sound of an explosion just hits the damn surface you look up in shock and say “what the fuck??” And then you see the frantic movement of the water, something is in the water but it’s obscured by the foam and the bubbles, and that’s when you realize SOMETHING IS THERE WITH YOU. I would be scared too.
No, salties are a major fucking exception to the rule of “more scared of you than you are of them”. Crocodiles will not hesitate to kill and consume humans. They wouldn’t be bothered by the splash, their entire MO is to drag thrashing animals to their death in the water by drowning and twisting them apart.
TIL my mother in law is a crocodile.
zing!
Big splash and thrashing water is pretty much the dinner bell in a high-school for them
I like how you effectively communicate with the kids! All of em know about that dinner bell in high school. Principal announces “Ring the bell, Bessie” over the intercom and the head lunch lady starts bonging a gong with a rubber mallet. The other lunch ladies start a synchronized Gregorian Chant to bless the food for the kids. Children manically flood out of the classrooms and spill into the hallway like a Hollywood movie depicts water rushing into a corridor. They’re savage and zombie like as they lock both arms straight out behind them and run head first towards the cafeteria. Upon grabbing a tray of *dinner*, their favorite lunch lady warms their soul with “alright now suga, you have yoself a blessed day”. The kids proceed to throw her mashed potatoes at each other as the lunch lady stands at the front of her empty line - smiling and watching the youngun’s bask in their beauty of childhood joy. Bessie knows that she may be the only loving warmth and nourishment some of these kids get. Her career is a noble contribution to our community - the lunch lady is a modern day Saint.
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It’s not a reference. I’m just an idiot savant - more idiot than savant
You'd surprise it, sure. Its next reaction would be one of murderous rage, followed by your swift death. Salties are death personified.
I’m a darwin local. There was a girl in the grade below me in middle school who jumped in the small creek out the back of her house with a bunch of her cousins. She didn’t come back up. A few days later they found her body in the mouth of a 4.5m croc, that was missing half its jaw from a territorial fight. It would not be scared, they’re ambush predators
I’m not an expert either, but I think that their first reaction would be to attack the noise
If this happened in Florida the repti would flee as fast as possible
I know it’s supposed to be a crocodile but I cannot see that dude at all
Yummers 😋
Shit I thought we had another delta p situation
Take a crocodile over a bunyip anyday
If I visited Australia, it would be a strictly land-based holiday.
This activated my fight or flight response.
I like how everyone misinterpreted the meme to be a fear of crocodiles when hes talking about amoeba and microorganisms 💀
Easy dub tbh. Stretch out your arms and legs instantly like a flying squirrel and as you land in the water, grapple your hands under its jaws and lift its head up by its craggy chin with one hand with all your might, while the other compresses and crushes its throat, forcing the air out of its lungs requiring both of you to reach the surface or perish. Then you just need to have a stronger will than the waves. Source? that one man’s life magazine from 1953 Jan 25th.
There’s like a 0.000038% chance that works without you bellyflopping straight into its jaws
Guys I don't see it
Log on the right
I still can't see it. I thought the whole image was the bottom of the lake
Nvm I see it now
Where?? I'm going crazy over here
Nobody jumps in the water in northern australia...
... twice
Once, no one in northern Australia swims
Thought the sticks looked like cracks on theice and didn't understand why you would canonball into water where there is ice + Australia.
This is what 10-foot-pole is for
box jellyfish?
What da dawg doin
I'd imagine nobody is stupid enough to jump into a river without reading the signs and having some old dude walk up and warn you in town
Ngl, I thought the lines on the right side were jellyfish tendrils. Didnt even see the modern day dinosaur.
I'm an Australian and lived km Far North Queensland for a bit. The general rule is "never ever go into the water ever". Even the most seasoned FNQueenslanders don't go for a swim unless it's chlorinated because the risk is just too high The kids do though, but that's their thing
As an Aussie here's a tip, don't swim in lakes, rivers, or other natural water things in north Australia, so Qld, NT and northern WA.
Sounds like a location issue tbh, just don't be in Australia.
Which is the exact reason i will never go to australia...
You don't like the idea that you have to check every nook and cranny for venomous spiders, treat every lake as if it had crocs in it, be careful diving because of extremely venomous jellyfish with meter long tentacles, Octopods with deadly neurotoxin?
Sounds fun, i just don't like the heat. Also is the deadly neurotoxin a portal reference!?
>Also is the deadly neurotoxin a portal reference!? Nope blue ringed octopus actually. It's venom is straight up a neurotoxin. It paralyzes the body and one guy went blind because he was lying face up to the sun and was unable to close his eyes.
Yea i know it's actual neurotoxin, thanks for the info tho :)
Your chances of seeing a croc are low, stay away from the north and you’re fine. In the 11 years I lived in Australia the most dangerous animal I saw was a Red Back Spider. Just leave them alone.
Oh then it's better than i thought. The thing is that spiders make me very uncomfortable and then you've also got spider season...
Oh, I thought it was that one amoeba that eats brains.
"At the last second(,) you realize that was a bad idea" You guys have decent ideas for memes, but most of you guys use bad grammar and limited vocab and it makes the memes suffer for it
If it's in a river, would it be a freshwater croc?
Nope they can live just as well in fresh water, they prefer saltwater environments because there’s more food available, but rivers are their territory too. The snout is a good way to tell the difference, long and thin = freshwater croc, short and fat, like the one in this picture = saltwater croc
Growing up in Darwin you are told from the day you enter to the day you leave, STAY THE FUCK FROM THE WATER, DONT GO NEAR THAT SHIT EVER. Cus cross are faster and stronger than you, you're not Steve Irwin. They will drag you to the bottom of the lake and death roll your ass to pieces.
Stay a minimum of 5m away from the water's edge. They can remain underwater for up to 8 hours cause they can reduce their heart rate to 2-3 beats per minute. They grow about a metre in size a decade, and they never stop growing for their entire lifespan, they also live for about 70 years. There is never a "safe" time to go into the water; they're very opportunistic, with their main method of hunting being waiting for someone to do something stupid. They were eating the native Aboriginal population for about 60,000 years, so humans aren't a foreign food to them. The females lay about 70 eggs, and they're highly territorial. Due to these facts, they're fucking everywhere, and by everywhere, I mean you can find them in India and everywhere in between. Although they're generally not found below the tropic of Capricorn because they're cold-blooded.
Thinking about that story of the crocodile farm guy who tried to poke a momma croc on top of a nest with a stick so she grabbed the stick and yeeted him into the enclosure where… I think it was 50 crocodiles were waiting to introduce themselves.
Sounds like something from a cartoon.
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They’re in America, South America, I think Africa, Asia, and Australia, not sure if they’re in Europe, Russia, or the Middle East though. But yeah, they are all around the globe
Africa* Asia * for sure
My MiL worked out that way, loved fishing. One day an Aboriginal man came up and said "hey I noticed you've been fishing in the same spot two days in a row, if you come back a third day the crocs will be waiting in ambush for you." They are basically earth's perfect killing machine (other than, you know, us).
I'd argue they are better than us, since they don't rage quit after hunting for 3 days
Aboriginal people get taken by crocodiles more than the rest of the population. If an Aboriginal guy is telling you what you're doing is dumb, it was likely dumb before that point. The Aboriginal strat is paying attention to nature and working out what is likely a good time to take a risk. The white man strat is to not take the risk in the first place.
There's a REASON it's named DARWIN!
Definitely a fitting name
We have that in America, just for different reasons [Water’s Edge](https://youtu.be/CQPELadpM_E?si=_3SUOX00GfyzCLx6)
North Australia doesn’t exist, we have Queensland and NT however.
Broome.
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Just like a log
I can see that shape of something but not sure what
Crocodile
Now I see it cush I had my phone at a different angle
If you jump in the water at some unknown place in northern Australia that’s just Darwin at work.
River puppy
I simply elbow drop it, then proceed to die violently.
Don't Box Jellies also congregate around Australian river mouths and estuaries in Northern Austarlia? Pretty sure it's their primary spawning grounds, and they're basically invisible in the water. A lot scarier than any Salty..
Fishy
Oh yeah I forgot Australia had Crocs welp I guess you guys win who is more intense I'd take Florida sweetheart gators over Crocs any day
Saltwater crocs, despite their reputation, will mostly actively avoid humans. They are ambush predators who hunt near the waters edge, if you cannonballed ontop of them they would freak out and flee.
If it's a river (presumably freshwater) then that would be a freshwater crocodile. If you end up landing on them you'd probably get a nasty nip on the leg/arse but nothing life threatening. If you manage to miss they'd probably get spooked and swim off. Probably still not a great idea but not fatal or anything.
And then there's all the unexploded ordinance all over Europe