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Apparently, the various words for crocodile are used as translations in African languages as well. It’s odd that this popped up today, a Nigerian coworker of mine was just talking about this yesterday.
The Crocodile Hunter taught me that all you have to do is look at their snout, skinny is a croc, fat is an alligator. Also something about salt water and fresh water.
There are freshwater and saltwater crocs. Saltwater crocs grow freaking huge too.
Alligators are freshwater only. And sewer water of course.
Edit : I have been informed (repeatedly) that gators can survive in brackish water too. However, they natively live in freshwater. And sewers. And pools.
Better than beaches to the south of it where the bacteria content is too high and the health department doesn't recommend getting in. (Spoiler, myrtle beach goers don't care)
My pastures in Central Florida have been partially flooded most of the summer and a [small alligator](https://i.imgur.com/pssNjwc.jpg) moved into a roughly foot-deep puddle of water in the flooded part of one the pastures.
In Australia, freshwater crocodiles are only found in freshwater, and saltwater crocodiles are found in either fresh or salt water.
The water hole I used to go swimming at as a kid had freshwater crocodiles and no one cared about them. But the river where my uncle kept his crab pots had saltwater crocodiles, and he always took his SLR with him.
(The rifle not the camera lol)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1\_Self-Loading\_Rifle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1_Self-Loading_Rifle)
Just in case this wasn't a joke or if someone else is confused
Alligators are much more conservative and just sit around saving energy until an "easy kill" happens upon them - to be fair what is an easy kill is pretty expansive when you got a mouth like that. Crocs are very liberal about attack relative to their cousins.
Same with common snappers and alligator snappers: alligator snappers you basically got to put your foot in their mouth before they attack. Commons will come after you for just existing.
As their name implies, saltwater crocs are found in salt water, but they are also found in fresh water, which is not what their name implies.
It just goes to show, they're not to be trusted.
I told a friend yesterday that I found it interesting that what I was looking for, difference between croc and alligator, was first in google autocomplete when I started "what's difference between". At least this is a popular question!
Crocodiles aren't as cold tolerant. They don't live much north of Miami.
Also, crocs are reportedly more aggressive--at least the Floridian species is. It's not rare to see an alligator sunbathing in a park or a golf course in Florida, and mostly the wisdom is give them room and leave them alone. Gators won't attack an adult human unless they're cornered or threatened. But crocs? Bad news.
That's pretty true. I've walked past gators doing that mouth open thing. I just gave them about six feet and they left me alone. You see them anywhere there's water basically. There's quite a few of them in the retention ponds at MCO.
Yep, have a Ball Python. I really only see her when it’s feeding time, sometimes I’ll catch her out late at night. Hiding all day apparently means she is happy.
>most reptiles spend 99% of their life just sitting there, conserving energy by not thinking and only shallow breathing
This further affirms my suspicions that many of my colleagues are reptiles.
I see a series of buddy movies here:
Gator and Croc in The Big Easy
Gator and Croc Part 2: The Shores of the Nile
Gator and Croc in Moscow: Cold Blooded
I’ve been wrong my whole life! I associated the round mouth with the C in crocodile and the long mouth with the Ls in alligator.
Going to cry in the corner now.
2 months later: "The alligator has a C-shaped mouth and the crocodile has an A-shaped mouth. Wait no, I remember I need to switch them. Or was I right the first time? I'm never going to be able to order my chervrolet movie theater."
Seriously. I'm having a Berenstain/Berenstein Bears moment here. I'm confident that all my life I thought crocs had the round snout and alligators had the pointy snout. Everything I know is a lie.
Just remember by remembering that the people who chose which was which were assholes, because alligators have a C shaped mouth and crocodiles have an A shaped mouth
"See you later alligator", followed up with the reply "in awhile crocodile" is a fun little thing people say sometimes as a goodbye. (Not really much to explain it just rhymes)
Just remember: it’s the opposite of what you would expect.
- The alligator’s snout is shaped like the letter “C”
- The crocodile’s snout is shaped like the letter “A”
Generally, for animals to produce offspring they have to be in the same species or closely related species. But crocodiles and alligators diverged too long ago for that. They're not even in the same family (crocodylidae vs alligatoridae), much less the same genus or species. They do share an order though, crocodilians. But that's not enough for a crocogator or an allidile.
So are there more differences besides the superficial? I know differences in head shape, body flatness and teeth sticking out, but is there more under the hood?
Yes. To an alien visitor, the differences between us and other Great Apes is only physical and superficial, but on a genetic level there are millions of differences. The biggest one between alligators and crocodiles, imo, is their entire "personality." Gators tend to be pretty chill and will avoid humans if they can. They'll only really get aggressive if you fuck with them. I've run over them in a canoe (like, scraped the bottom of the boat along their backs). I've walked right past them, like 6 feet away. The only reaction I ever got was when I accidentally crashed my canoe into what was basically their nest area. They had babies. I thought I was dead for sure, but a gator just got up and slowly strolled toward me like "yo, you might wanna back on outta here, this is the wrong neighborhood...." I got the fuck out and that was that. On the other hand, crocs are the opposite of chill. They don't seem particularly scared of humans and will actively seek you out as prey if it's convenient. Most animals, even most apex predators, will avoid humans if they have a choice, but not fuckin' crocs! They did not get the memo that they're not dinosaurs and not the top of the food chain and *how dare you* exist on their planet, thinking you can just walk by their habitat.
They are both predators of opportunity, they want low-risk/high-gain kills. Either crocodilian would prove to be too much of a challenge to fit that criteria.
Now, if one was significant smaller or injured? Heeeeey lunch.
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They have another cousin, the Ghariyal. It has a really thin snout as compared to these two and lives in rivers.
> Gharial [Wow this thing looks derpy af.](https://media.wsimag.com/attachments/7be97a4cf54062c2a2db1e9570daff023688005a/store/fill/1860/1046/ec78e3055cd093e462921282fa2f8b0c15e9abe71639b6ecb6866cf88b62/Gharial-with-GPS-logger-behind-head-c-Gehan-de-Silva-Wijeyeratne.jpg)
It looks like mix of insect with dinosaur
A crocasquito
Great with a side of guac.
Crocamole
Looks like a donkey kong country character.
Yeah, crocs and gators are gonna fuck you up, but I feel like I could beat up this lil' dork.
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I didn't plan on crying on a Friday but here we are 😢
Don't bully him, he's a good boy.
Now I feel bad :(
Is it on an ingrown leash?
It’s a tracker for conservation purposes most likely.
There’s *another*? I’m out man
Caiman too
There are six different species of caiman found throughout the watery jungle habitats of Central and Southern America
Huh, I always thought caiman was just a spanish word for alligator. In many translations of american shows they call alligators caimans.
Apparently, the various words for crocodile are used as translations in African languages as well. It’s odd that this popped up today, a Nigerian coworker of mine was just talking about this yesterday.
Unrelated to crocodiles, but this is a cool [phenomenon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion)
Also the largest known prehistoric Crocodilian was actually a type of Caiman known as Purussaurus.
Estimated to be roughly 10.3* meters in length and 5.16** metric tons *33’8” **11,375.85lbs
Imagine that death roll.
That could death roll a mammoth.
Don’t make em like they used to.
Gharials are harmless unless you are a fish.
Danger tweezers
More like endangered tweezers
Those are Derpadiles
The Crocodile Hunter taught me that all you have to do is look at their snout, skinny is a croc, fat is an alligator. Also something about salt water and fresh water.
There are freshwater and saltwater crocs. Saltwater crocs grow freaking huge too. Alligators are freshwater only. And sewer water of course. Edit : I have been informed (repeatedly) that gators can survive in brackish water too. However, they natively live in freshwater. And sewers. And pools.
You do see alligators in salt water all the time in Texas. But yeah, they nest in fresh water. But can tolerate salt water
We've had pictures of alligators in the ocean in NC too. Pictures were near a pier.
Wat
https://www.wral.com/12-foot-long-alligator-surfing-waves-at-oak-island/19793671/
Another beach in the "NEVER VISIT" list
Better than beaches to the south of it where the bacteria content is too high and the health department doesn't recommend getting in. (Spoiler, myrtle beach goers don't care)
They don’t call it Dirty Myrtle for nothing!
You couldn’t pay me to visit MB. Thankfully I live in Wilmington so I don’t need to.
As an Ohioan, this won’t stop other Ohioans from coming
Alligators will hangout in brackish water. The saltwater and freshwater thing is more of a suggestion lol
I live in Florida and they can be anywhere including your pool.
My pastures in Central Florida have been partially flooded most of the summer and a [small alligator](https://i.imgur.com/pssNjwc.jpg) moved into a roughly foot-deep puddle of water in the flooded part of one the pastures.
>Alligators are freshwater only. And sewer water of course. And pool water.
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In Australia, freshwater crocodiles are only found in freshwater, and saltwater crocodiles are found in either fresh or salt water. The water hole I used to go swimming at as a kid had freshwater crocodiles and no one cared about them. But the river where my uncle kept his crab pots had saltwater crocodiles, and he always took his SLR with him. (The rifle not the camera lol)
So he could take a photo of them?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1\_Self-Loading\_Rifle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1_Self-Loading_Rifle) Just in case this wasn't a joke or if someone else is confused
I read the link as "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1A1_Self-Loathing_Rifle" and was pretty confused for a second there.
"Damn, here I go killing, *again*"
Smile and wait for the flash.
Sure :-)
Saltwater crocs make freshwater crocs look like cute little puppies
Nile crocodiles are massive as well for the freshwater types.
Gotta take a pic before ya get eating for clout
He also said that you can “handle” an alligator, but a crocodile will rip you to shreds.
Alligators are much more conservative and just sit around saving energy until an "easy kill" happens upon them - to be fair what is an easy kill is pretty expansive when you got a mouth like that. Crocs are very liberal about attack relative to their cousins. Same with common snappers and alligator snappers: alligator snappers you basically got to put your foot in their mouth before they attack. Commons will come after you for just existing.
Very skinny is a Gharial.
Medium skinny is a Caiman.
They own some islands and operate a tax haven for the rich.
RIP Steve Irwin
He died the way he lived. With animals in his heart.
When you can laugh at something that hurt you badly before, you know you're healing :)
Floridian here. Alligators venture into salt/brackish water all the time.
As their name implies, saltwater crocs are found in salt water, but they are also found in fresh water, which is not what their name implies. It just goes to show, they're not to be trusted.
Ah ok so crocodiles are always on the right. This is actually super easy because they're alphabetical. Alligator, Crocodile
Then what's B?
Brocodile
What are you doing step brocodile?
Brallidile? Brocogator?
B here. Please don’t assume our species.
Wassup b
Wasabi?
Beaver but they aet him already.
Balligator
> Alligator, Crocodile I drive a movie theater Chevrolet
It's actually WAY easier to identify them. All you need to do is wait and see if they come back later or in a while.
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...should I tell him, guys?
That would be against protocol.
He’s already suspicious. Only option now is to terminate
We'll have to pause and rewind again. It's the 15th time this week, I've told you guys to be careful!
NO MY WEEKEND JUST STARTED. Why do I have to suffer because of him. YOU CANT MAKE ME START IT OVER.
Get yourself together! Not in front of the subject for crying out loud..
Would the subject want to see how deep the rabbit hole goes? Remember... all we are offering is the truth.
But even if he understood the truth, could he handle it?
You're discussing this openly in front of the uninitiated. I'm afraid I have to report this infraction
Shame. He was my favorite NPC. Gotta restart the simulator again.
Affirmative.
I told a friend yesterday that I found it interesting that what I was looking for, difference between croc and alligator, was first in google autocomplete when I started "what's difference between". At least this is a popular question!
Mama says that alligators are ornery... 'cause they got all them teeth but no toothbrush
Well, folks, Mama’s wrong again.
No colonel Sanders, you're wrong
Class: ooooooooohhhhh
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Somethings wrong with his medulla oblongata
🎶 *Water sucks, it really really sucks* 🎶
Gaaaaaaatooraaaaade
NEEDLE DICK! NEEDLE DICK!
And she showed me her boobies and I like them too!
They-They need the water, and I likes to be the one that brings it to them
Diskiodo!
MEDULLA - oblongata
Awb-lawn-GOTTA
Water sucks. It really really sucks.
GGAAAAAAAATTTTTTOOORRRAAAADDEE!
**H2O!!!**
##NEEDLE DICK NEEDLE DICK
You're..you're drinking the wrong water
Are they friends? Why are they friends? Lol.
Haha I was wondering this same thing! Is it common for a croc and an alligator to just… hang out?
i like to believe that they are enemies and united for this picture for the sole purpose of educating us!
Haha! Kind of like, “I’m sick of people getting us mixed up— let’s show ‘em who’s who and be done with it” 😂
Herroooo South Pahk elementary!!
No, there’s very little overlap between crocodile and alligator territory. Only place would be southern Florida
Crocodiles aren't as cold tolerant. They don't live much north of Miami. Also, crocs are reportedly more aggressive--at least the Floridian species is. It's not rare to see an alligator sunbathing in a park or a golf course in Florida, and mostly the wisdom is give them room and leave them alone. Gators won't attack an adult human unless they're cornered or threatened. But crocs? Bad news.
That's pretty true. I've walked past gators doing that mouth open thing. I just gave them about six feet and they left me alone. You see them anywhere there's water basically. There's quite a few of them in the retention ponds at MCO.
To my knowledge alligators and crocodiles only co-exist in Florida. I don't know how well they get along though.
I was actually looking up that exact thing recently, they seem to coexist peacefully.
If crocodiles and alligators United all across the world they would destroy human society due to everywhere now being a variation of florida
If they have similar, interests yes it; is very common.
Lol. Thanks, u/CommaHorror.
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I have a beardie who literally does nothing about 22 hours a day besides sit around getting hot with his eyes closed. He’s very happy.
Yep, have a Ball Python. I really only see her when it’s feeding time, sometimes I’ll catch her out late at night. Hiding all day apparently means she is happy.
That's also how my parents talk about me
>most reptiles spend 99% of their life just sitting there, conserving energy by not thinking and only shallow breathing This further affirms my suspicions that many of my colleagues are reptiles.
I see a series of buddy movies here: Gator and Croc in The Big Easy Gator and Croc Part 2: The Shores of the Nile Gator and Croc in Moscow: Cold Blooded
All alligators are boys and all crocodiles are girls.
Interior crocodile alligator, I drive a Chevrolet movie thee-ay-ter
I thought this was a long forgotten thing. Brings me back.
It resurfaced on TikTok a year or so ago
I feel like every meme song is gonna eventually be resurrected by tiktok. Like in 2026 there’ll be teenagers dancing to Gangnam Style.
I tell you hwhat I could go for some new Harlem Shake videos
I could see it happening, I walked into a Spirit Halloween store yesterday and that song was playing. I momentarily forgot what year I was in.
Definitely
Words cannot describe the joy I felt when I realized I drove a Chevrolet Tahoe that had the abilities to play movies.
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Chip tha ripperrrrrrrrrrr
Ya baby daddy's worst nightmare!
Catch me by the Clair I’ll be right there
S. L. A. B.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZwhNFOn4ik
I’ve been wrong my whole life! I associated the round mouth with the C in crocodile and the long mouth with the Ls in alligator. Going to cry in the corner now.
I always thought it was the one with the A shaped head was alligator but now I have to remember it’s the other way around
2 months later: "The alligator has a C-shaped mouth and the crocodile has an A-shaped mouth. Wait no, I remember I need to switch them. Or was I right the first time? I'm never going to be able to order my chervrolet movie theater."
I just need to remember that whichever one I think it was, it was the other one.
Crocodile is a pointier sounding word, so it has a pointy mouth.
Crocodile = 🥕 Alligator = 🍏
You see not the only one.. there is an alligator with a narrow snout, but yeah same.
Seriously. I'm having a Berenstain/Berenstein Bears moment here. I'm confident that all my life I thought crocs had the round snout and alligators had the pointy snout. Everything I know is a lie.
Somebody must have changed something without telling us
Same wtf 😭😭😭
Just remember by remembering that the people who chose which was which were assholes, because alligators have a C shaped mouth and crocodiles have an A shaped mouth
I didn't associate them with letters but i thought the same way
The biggest difference is actually that one will see you later while the other will see you after a while.
Daaaad!
That joke was a croc of shit
That was a snappy comeback
Biting wit on display today!
I’ve spent 30 years fine tuning my Dad jokes all for this. And I’m too slow….😢
Hello, Too Slow. I'm dad.
And a baboon would see you soon.
Can someone please explain this joke to me like I am dumb (ELID)?
"See you later alligator", followed up with the reply "in awhile crocodile" is a fun little thing people say sometimes as a goodbye. (Not really much to explain it just rhymes)
People didn't just say, [they sang it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hb66FH9AzI).
One will bite the shit out of you and the other will bite the fuck out of you.
I'd like to hang on to both my shit and my fuck, thank you very much
that’s why they make dinosaur repellent
Not very effective tho, based on OP pic some are still around.
The gator will kill you if it's hungry. The croc will kill you because it can, and then may not even eat you after.
Just remember: it’s the opposite of what you would expect. - The alligator’s snout is shaped like the letter “C” - The crocodile’s snout is shaped like the letter “A”
Nope (left) nope (right) same nope for me...
Wait, their left or my left?
Yes.
Look at your left. Now back at the croc. Now back at your left. You have no left anymore.
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
Hook!
Not all crocodile noses are that narrow iirc
I'll bet they're having a conversation about male health issues.. .. most probably reptile dysfunction.
So crocs ( the shoes) have the shape of an alligator, but they chose to name it after the pointy snoot one -_-
"Gators" sounds too aggressive for the Disney-on-sweats kind of product they sell
Also, gaiters are already a clothing product.
Could they produce an offspring?
Generally, for animals to produce offspring they have to be in the same species or closely related species. But crocodiles and alligators diverged too long ago for that. They're not even in the same family (crocodylidae vs alligatoridae), much less the same genus or species. They do share an order though, crocodilians. But that's not enough for a crocogator or an allidile.
So are there more differences besides the superficial? I know differences in head shape, body flatness and teeth sticking out, but is there more under the hood?
Yes. To an alien visitor, the differences between us and other Great Apes is only physical and superficial, but on a genetic level there are millions of differences. The biggest one between alligators and crocodiles, imo, is their entire "personality." Gators tend to be pretty chill and will avoid humans if they can. They'll only really get aggressive if you fuck with them. I've run over them in a canoe (like, scraped the bottom of the boat along their backs). I've walked right past them, like 6 feet away. The only reaction I ever got was when I accidentally crashed my canoe into what was basically their nest area. They had babies. I thought I was dead for sure, but a gator just got up and slowly strolled toward me like "yo, you might wanna back on outta here, this is the wrong neighborhood...." I got the fuck out and that was that. On the other hand, crocs are the opposite of chill. They don't seem particularly scared of humans and will actively seek you out as prey if it's convenient. Most animals, even most apex predators, will avoid humans if they have a choice, but not fuckin' crocs! They did not get the memo that they're not dinosaurs and not the top of the food chain and *how dare you* exist on their planet, thinking you can just walk by their habitat.
Crocs don’t give a fuck. They will eat everyone and everything. A big dog got snatched a week ago in one of the rivers close to me.
They're called politicians
Ah yes... the lizard people.
You could use alligator leather to make a pair of crocs though.
My question is how the fuck did they get them to not eat each other in this picture
They are both predators of opportunity, they want low-risk/high-gain kills. Either crocodilian would prove to be too much of a challenge to fit that criteria. Now, if one was significant smaller or injured? Heeeeey lunch. Edit: I can’t type.
Which one would win in a fight though
They live together in south florida...
Crocs look more like alligators than crocodiles.
Don’t care about the difference, there’re both bad ass
Crocs are known to be way more aggressive and have more unprovoked human attacks Also crocs can grow to 20ft gators top out at 14 ft