Who'd win?

[Cue Ball]

Who'd win in a fight, a shark or a crocodile? Note that we are talking about an Estuarine Crocodile, as found in Australia and South East Asia (not one of your pansy alligators), and any one of the big pelagic sharks (Great White, Tiger, Bronze Whaler, etc.)

[gregimotis]

In what theater? a crocodile swimming across deep water, or a shark muddling through a shallow esturary?

Come ON man. A question this important demands attention to detail!

[Bjjexpertise@be]

Even though it is very improbable that a crocodile and a shark will meet up, a shark would win if they 'fought' due to the fact that sharks have bigger jaws and could actually fit it's mouth over the croc's body. While the croc on the other hand has a smaller jaw that won't quite fit over the shark's body, which gives the shark a grip advantage.

[shadowkiller]

Shark is much faster and if it was a great white is almost twice the size. Crocs are huge yes but lack the agility and the brute strength of a great white. Not to mention a shark wouldnt go into a shallow area.

So shark would win.

But lets do go with something even better. A triceratops or a tyrannasaur? Or a group of 6 raptors and a tyrannasaur. My dinasaur knowledge is not what it used to be and I cant recall anything that is like a t-rex.

[gregimotis]

A shark wouldn't go into an esturary area on purpose, but if it did, the croc might get the jump on it - they like to hide under stuff and all. I think if a big croc got the first bite, the shark would be in trouble.

What about the croc. from that movie with the huge crocodile that came out about three years ago VS. jaws from jaws 3-d (about a hundred feet long) AND the anaconda from 'Anaconda' all in the pen with Willy from 'free Willy'?

[gregimotis]

Or a group of 6 raptors and a tyrannasaur. My dinasaur knowledge is not what it used to be and I cant recall anything that is like a t-rex.

Six raptors would have 348,987 claw attack combinations and the T-rex only has five. Therefore Raptors are superior - CONVINCED???

[guy incognito]

A crocadile because sharks cant turn around and they cant look back cause they have no necks.Besides they could meet up because crocs are salt water and do go out in the ocean.Plus the sharks relatively soft flesh by comparison would seal its fate.

[gregimotis]

Good point about the soft flesh. But what if the shark came up from the deep like in 'JAWS' when he got that first lady. I still say the first strike would be decisive either way.

[Cue Ball]

I don't know, the closing pressure of a croc's jaws is enormous, in the region of 3 tonnes per square inch. But a shark's teeth are designed to cut and tear, where a croc's teeth are designed to grip. As for a location, let's say the Gulf of Carpentaria (the big bay looking thing on the north of Australia). It's shoreline is populated by both protagonists in huge numbers, and overlapping must occur due to sheer volume.

[krys]

I agree with guy incognoto's arguments....
Shark are not very mobile compared to other sea creatures...
I've seen once a sea turtle defending effectivelly against a (6ft) tiger shark in shallow watter, the shark couldn't turn while the turtle did and bit it severely.

[guy incognito]

Yes I agree with me to Croc end of story,game over,finished!

[guy incognito]

Well now, hold on a minute there. croc's are an awful lot faster than sharks, and sharks don't have to hold their breath under water (funny thing that...).

[Bjjexpertise@be]

I voted croc just to even them off.

Traitor.






A crocodile has a lot of chomping power. But will the croc be able to fit it's jaws around the shark's body?

[Cue Ball]

This guy I was talking to reckoned a shark would win. And he worked at a croc farm. Maybe he was biased. I mean, you'd get so sick of crocs after a while that you'd say they'd lose just coz you don't like them.

[TNT]

on the croc's turf.....throw in one of their death rolls.......I'll give it to the croc