Saltwater crocodile runs the animal gauntlet

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Jun 12, 2023 20:41:11 GMT @ling said:

Jun 12, 2023 19:01:27 GMT @creodont said:

If we didn’t consider the GW’s size

I don't think the size different is great enough tbh. Makos are more impressibe than Gws p4p (imo). L

Here’s what I’m thinking. That orca with the bitten tail fluke? I wonder if makos target the fins of other large animals. If so, I think one could hypothetically, over time, outflank, possibly outlast due to stamina, and immobilize its larger cousin by biting the fins.

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Btw this is quite a long gauntlet.

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Jun 12, 2023 21:51:59 GMT @creodont said:

Jun 12, 2023 20:41:11 GMT @ling said:

I don't think the size different is great enough tbh. Makos are more impressibe than Gws p4p (imo). L

Here’s what I’m thinking. That orca with the bitten tail fluke? I wonder if makos target the fins of other large animals. If so, I think one could hypothetically, over time, outflank, possibly outlast due to stamina, and immobilize its larger cousin by biting the fins.

You're on the money. That's exactly what they do. Makos bite off the rear-ends of their prey to immobilise them.

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Jun 12, 2023 21:51:59 GMT @creodont said:

Jun 12, 2023 20:41:11 GMT @ling said:

I don't think the size different is great enough tbh. Makos are more impressibe than Gws p4p (imo). L

Here’s what I’m thinking. That orca with the bitten tail fluke? I wonder if makos target the fins of other large animals. If so, I think one could hypothetically, over time, outflank, possibly outlast due to stamina, and immobilize its larger cousin by biting the fins.

I have to wonder why the shark bit the orca in the first place...

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Jun 12, 2023 22:15:57 GMT @ling said:

Jun 12, 2023 21:51:59 GMT @creodont said:

Here’s what I’m thinking. That orca with the bitten tail fluke? I wonder if makos target the fins of other large animals. If so, I think one could hypothetically, over time, outflank, possibly outlast due to stamina, and immobilize its larger cousin by biting the fins.

I have to wonder why the shark bit the orca in the first place...

Probably out of sheer hunger or for territorial reasons is my guess.

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Parotodus aka false mako aka fako was a 9 m sleeker faster otodontid shark that apparently survived into the early Pleistocene! If anything, people should be wondering if the fako shark is still around, not the Meg