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What Do Crocodiles Eat?

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The simple answer is that crocodiles will eat anything that crosses their path, including humans.

Crocodiles are carnivores. Zebras, warthogs, hyenas, wildebeest, antelopes, small hippos, cattle, giraffes and numerous other animals are regularly consumed. They have even been known to eat the young of their own species. Some, but not all, species eat invertebrates, like shrimps, crabs and crayfish. Young crocodiles feed on fish, crustaceans and insects.

Crocodiles are ambush hunters, waiting for fish or land animals to come close and then rushing out to attack. They can employ a sneaky underwater approach where they submerge their whole body underwater, reach their prey, and lunge forward with their jaws open ready to clamp them shut. They move so quickly that they can even catch and eat some birds. They will also scavenge carrion (the decaying flesh of dead animals).

Large prey is dismembered by rolling and thrashing it around until pieces of flesh fall off the body. Crocodiles have small stomachs and large prey can last them many days or even weeks. They usually hide the carcass underwater or in the bushes. The crocodile doesn’t chew its food but devours it whole.

Large crocodiles eat very little during the cold season as their metabolism slows down drastically. Smaller crocodiles eat fairly regularly the whole year round. They store large amounts of fat to provide them with energy.

The crocodile has very sharp teeth and immensely strong jaw muscles. Its bite force is stronger than any other animal on the plant at 5000psi, compared with the 335psi of a Rottweiler, 400psi of a great white shark and 1000psi of a hyena.
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Crocodiles are carnivores which means that they eat meat. Fish and small to medium sized animals are its prey. On the animal shows I've seen on television antelopes and deerlike animals eaten. The throats are gripped and the crocodiles drag them underwater and spin so that the animals drown.

They will also attack larger prey such as humans, but generally they prefer not to and will target smaller and easier to catch prey first. So humans should always be wary of crocodiles.....
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Crocodiles eat meat or pretty much anything that will get close enough
to the water to be dragged in. The adult usually eat snakes, buffalo,
cattle, or anything else that gets near the water. Including humans.
The juveniles eat insects, shellfish and fish.
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Crocodiles eat frogs, humans, fish, insects, cattle, frogs, shellfish, antelope, birds, and any other meats!!!!
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Crocodiles will eat anything they catch, mostly meat such as fish, birds, snakes, turtles, antelope, frogs, etc..
Crocodiles will also eat the same species depending if they are fighting over food to decide who gets it.
They will also attack humans but prefer not to
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Crocodiles eats everything
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Hi am have a small crockadile in my house its still young and its in a big tube a fish tank but I don't know what to do with it?
Shall I fill it with water ?
Or shall I leave it dry and feed him tuna fish I feed him tuna fish all the time 2 aday or what shall I do  its realy a huge tank ?
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Crocodiles eat humans but some times crocodiles just bite us and leave us to rot so that flies come and they eat the flies as they snacks
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Crocodile usually prey on big animals such as buffaloes,deers,etc it usually does'nt eat human beings but it does'nt like if any human being enters his territory it usually bites human beings.Crocodiles r less aggressive than alligators.
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Crocodiles eat themselves by eating their legs and feet this is true.  P.s this comes from a guy who thinks that you use the de bate to catch da fish

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