How does an alligator defend or protect itself?

Answer 1

The saltwater crocodile is hands down the largest of the Crocodilia. In a fair fight - A saltwater crocodile and Nile crocodile roughly the same size would fight until one or the other gives - but let's face it: Gustav (26 feet long) would not have a prayer in hell against the 29 foot menace in Lake Placid. The first movie's 'bigger' star could have not only taken care of its movie's predacessors...but Gustav only 3 feet shorter, would have still been thrashed pretty violently. The 23 foot Alligator from Texas that carried a white tail deer in its mouth looked pretty indefinite, but Lake Placid's meat eater could have gobbled the deer and that oversized gator like gumbo. The gator having a broader snout would have made it slower to attack - thus a saltwater croc could have ripped him easier than some of the African animals Nile Crocks eat. Afterall, its only leather to a tank such as the 29 foot crock. Alligators could probably look meaner, but a crocodile is much more adept to fighting for territory. Alligators are somewhat solitary. Soooo, even if your money was on the mammoth 36 foot or possibly 40 foot in the sequel - Alligator and Alligator: The Mutation - Lake Placid's grizzly star (who did mual and munch down a grizzly) - being slightly smaller - could still pack a mighty and possibly lethal punch to the two gators. On land, the crock would still tear out the gator's sides - being crocks are much faster on land. But in the water - the two gators would become an overgrown Thanksgiving dinner. Grant it, they'd fight - but Saltwater crocks would just beat the living gumbo out of the slow moving gator - thus making it a hefty meal ticket! Now, this new movie coming up - Dark water - its crock probably won't push Lake placid far - for the crock in this movie is much smaller. I think Even DinoCrock and Super Crock would get a major smackdown - seeming ones too slow, and one (super crock) is not just so fake - but in real life these humongous crocks would be caught off guard and shredded by the salty that never relents. Rogue's Crock may just be a rival to Lake Placid - But Lake Placid still has the mightier jaws - and even bigger teeth. Gustave and Rogue would fight for a good 2 minutes - but Gustave I believe (eating hippos and rhinos for a good time) would make mince meat out of Rogue. Rogue could only kill Gustav if he had the element of surprise - or something in his mouth to distract the hungry crock. But Lake Placid's crock could easily kill them both - why??? Volume. Lake Placid's crock has about 3 tons on him - the same as the 25 foot menace to Amitty Island - JAWS. But even Jaws could not take this relic out - for cartilege (whether at 25 feet, 29 feet, 35 feet, or 45 feet {Jaws 1-4 sizes}), Lake Placid would win even easier than against the other 2 giant crocks. But Jaws instead of biting down trieng to get his teeth thru the plates - his teeth being serrated and much more sharper - would probably draw blood indefinitely. But even if Lake Placid lost a limb - The shark would still be hit just as hard if not harder by the same torpedo like attacks it would have used on the crock, just like the giant Seals in the Arctic that it eats. In Australia - seals and Great Whites would actually become the crocks new habitat meal if it ever left the billibong. 10 - 23 foot great whites and 18 foot tiger sharks would attack and get nowhere on this beast - while one lash of the giant crock's neck would for sure tear the sharks to shreds. The shark would try to stalk the gator - but retreat at the size of it's opponent - thus not circling the impending danger in its territory. Sea Tortoises would also become the heavy salty's meal that summer. All in all - no matter what crocodillian from the cinemas - or other monsters such as Jaws - try to take the crown -- Lake Placid (a true heavy weight from the saltwater crocodile's genre), makes for the biggest baddest crocodillian around. Let's face it - a 29 foot croc will devour a 25 and 29 foot beast like JAWS because for one - Jaws doesn't have claws to grab onto the crock. And for 2, The crock will not be damaged as bad from its protective plates on its body. And gators are just not fast enough - enabling a gator almost 7 -10 feet bigger than it to become gator gumbo. Hell, even pirahnas are just another handful in a crocks mouth - and that ain't a crock! When you think about it - a shark 35 to 45 feet long (a great white like in Jaws 3 and Jaws Revenge), could probably hurt the crock pretty bad - plus its huge head might be able to rip a limb off, just as the crock literally tears out the gills. Obviously the crock can't get a good hold of the shark's huge head, so it would go to step 2 in shark killing - the source of all its oxygen: The Gills. For us this is the wind pipe - we can't breathe withouth air for long. So, Jaws would get smothered and thus killed easily in this primal battle. If the crock were to be 30 - 35 feet long, it would probably dominate the battle. 40 - 45 Feet, and Jaws would have its head finally locked in the Crock's massive jaws. We talk 50 foot salty - that's like Deinosuchus - the colossal crocodile. This bad boy would eat Jaws for a snack - but would have a much more tougher time taking on Jaws' bigger badder ancient brother - Megaladon Carcharadon! If both were at 50 feet, the 6 foot jaws of Megaladon and 10 foot jaws of Prehistoric Deinosuchus would prevail for a long time. But giving the size radius, Megaladon just might get by with a leg in it's mouth, if the crock's feet didn't slash enough organs in the meantime. In a spectacular battle, the crock would lose a leg, but easily shred the shark in a death roll - tearing him worse than his alligator cousins on a giant antellope. Sure, the antellope fought hard and well, but the crock always gets you in the end. Even a massive Bengal or Siberian tiger reaching 7 feet on hind legs would be a tasty dessert on land or in water for a crock just over seven feet itself! Same size - but no rules for this animal. Even the big cats like the lions know when its time to go home, after a missing limb or two. At 100 feet long - The Megaladon could snatch 50 - 75 foot killer whales and 100 - 120 foot blue whales in its short reign over the cretacious seas - but the Cretacious Deinosuchus also grew to a hundred feet - pretty much making its juvenile buddies still at 50 feet look like toys to it. But don't get me wrong - going into the mouth of a 40 foot crock in those days was like boarding a school bus - in those giant 8 foot jaws. So 10 foot jaws on a 50 footer would be almost impossable to get out of - even for a shark 50 feet bigger than it! The 12 foot jaws of 100 foot Megalodon would be a hearty hacksaw into the side of a 50 foot crock - but a 100 ft. crock? This would beg to differ - as if a 50 foot crock can barely handle but subdue a killer fish like 100 ft. Megalodon, and as well make luncheons out of Killer, Humpback, and Blue Whales alike - this mega sized crock's 20 foot jaws would for sure outdo it's 12 foot incoming missile attack - the shark's jaws with hundreds of rows of 7 - 12 inch serrated razor sharp teeth. This shark would punish the hundred foot crock - but be consumed tail first. This concludes any other speculations - as how a 23 foot crock could and will consume an Alaskan Brown bear, a grizzly, or Kodiak with ease - than you know and I of course know - Saltys are the biggest ----- HANDS DOWN!!

The answer is immaterial as it is clearly based on preferences and not on research.

Although the "Salty is the biggest of the Crocodilians, the food that they take are much smaller than what the "niloticus" take on a regular bases. (www.niloticus.co.za)

Answer 2

If they can a snake will hide from anything that might be a danger and will slither or swim away depending on the species and circumstance. Some snakes, when cornered will put up a warning display. Some will his or vibrate their tails against vegetation. This is especially noticeable with rattlesnakes. Cobras and related species will raise a hood to make themselves look bigger.

If threat displays fail, many snakes will bite an attacker. Venomous species may use their venom. Spitting cobras will actually spray venom at an attacker, aiming for the eyes.

If all else fails, some species will play dead, as many predators will ignore dead animals in favor of live prey.

Answer 3

It calls Chuck Norris with it's cell phone.

Answer 4

with ferocious teddy bears of justice

Answer 5

A Croc is a predator. c: