Has anyone witnessed an attack between a Great White shark and a giant aligator?  Which one would win?
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By giant alligator, I think you are probably thinking of the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) which inhabits northern Australia and is throughout the southeast Asian islands up to Bangladesh and India.\n\nThese crocs have been seen out at sea, and they are sometimes found with barnacles on them.  They would definitely have been found in waters that are also frequented by Great White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias).\n\nThe saltwater croc is the largest living species of reptile, up to 6 or 7 meters long, and up to a ton in mass.  These big monsters tend to be set up in good territories inland though, it's the smaller and subordinate crocs that get pushed to out to sea in search of new territory.\n\nThe biggest Great Whites are also up to 6 or 7 meters in length, so it's a pretty close match as far as size.  Therefore, it's actually pretty unlikely that there would be a conflict.  \n\nMost predators won't fight without a reason.  There's too much as stake if they get injured to just attack things at random.  Unless one of the critters triggers the prey -> attack response in the other, they'd probably only fight to defend their territory.  Great Whites are pretty nomadic, and wouldn't have a territory, and the saltwater croc would be swimming between islands searching for his own territory, not interested in fighting sharks.\n\nAs far as prey responses, Great Whites favourite food is seals and sea lions.  One theory as to why humans are occasionally attacked is a superficial resemblance to a pinneped, especially if there's a surfboard involved.  The swimming pattern and body shape of a crocodile is nothing like the sea lion's, and it is very unlikely that a shark would mistake a croc for an easy meal.\n\nCrocodiles tend to sit in one spot, usually in murky water, and wait for prey to come close enough to trigger an attack response.  Mudcrabs, turtles, goannas, snakes, wading birds and fish are their most common prey, but they have been known to take buffalo, cattle, sheep, wild boar, monkeys and even humans.  A small, juvenile shark would likely be snapped up, but a full grown adult would probably be cruising deeper water and at faster speeds than something that a croc would attack.\n\nIf they did fight, both of them have immensely powerful jaws.  The crocodile is also covered in bony scutes that create almost a suit of armour over its body, especially its back.  The shark would probably lose many teeth trying to take a bite.  Both critters are remarkably tough too, being able to take a lot of damage and keep fighting, even if they are mortally wounded.  Should such an encounter occur, I would imagine that both animals would cause grievous, even mortal wounds to each other before breaking off the fight, and then they'd each end up dying of the wounds.\n\nEven cooler than a fight between a saltwater croc and a great white would have been a fight between a Deinosuchus (a huge late Cretaceous crocodylian possibly up to 50 feet long) and Carcharocles megalodon (a huge Eocene shark, possibly up to 50 feet long).  Too bad they didn't live at quite the same time.
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Well, according to my experience as a Scuba diving Instructor , Great Barracuda usually found as a couple, they slowly swim or hover and they don't really attack human as food unless you are wearing something that is shining and may appear to them as a fish (food). the yellow tail Barracudas are smaller in size and usually found in Schools. and they move very fast and sometimes they can hit you by mistake. they do not attempt to attack. your worst enemy is Panic. enjoy your sport. if you have any more questions about Marine life or Diving please do email me.
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The largest is the Andean Condor.\n\nThe highest flyer is Ruppell's Griffon Vulture - it's 7 miles up!!!
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I'm guessing you mean Class V, which is a rating of the overall difficulty of the whitewater run.  Simple answer is YES, big water on a class V run is dangerous by definition.  Unless you are with a group of very experienced boaters, who are familiar with the river you are running, I'd opt out.\n\nIf they are experienced and familiar with that river (and I'm assuming you are riding in a boat with one or more of them), then enjoy the ride!  If it's with an outfitter, even better. Then you don't have to concern yourself too much with proper equipment, since they will generally provide it (or at least give you a list if you want one).\n\nGood luck and have fun.  Most importantly, WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET any time you are on the water.
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Hmmm....Caddyshack v. Slapshot. \n\nCaddyshack wins.
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I was able to find a black marlin @ 1560 Lbs caught in Peru  and a Greenland shark caught in Norway that weighed in at 1708lbs 9oz!  I didn't find any pics but if anyone has them I would like to see them.
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1st off the sharks are always there you may not see them but they are there I have been surfing manytimes and had a shark swim right by me fishing with live bait is not going to attract sharks un less its bigger and a very bloody bait they are attracted to large fish and bloody meat not little shrimp and shinners which is what wade fisherman use along with shrimp and such you are more likely to get worried if someone is using chicken to catch crabs then anything and then you are looking at a thigh not a whole chicken the blood could attract them but not likely I have doen it many times and not a single shark bite on my line
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Yes, it is called a wolphin. Part common bottlenosed dolphin, part false killer whale. I believe. Here's a link to be sure.
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Hi. I was at a small park in Florida and they had two dolphins in an indoor pool. The pool had a thick concrete wall around it. One dolphin bounced a ball off the top to a visitor who tossed it back. Same thing with the next visitor, bounced the ball off the wall and had it tossed back him. When he got to me and did the same thing, instead of just tossing the ball, I bounced it off the wall as he did. He got really excited because that was what he wanted! Probably thinks most people are hard to train.
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They did this one on that show Animal Faceoff and the lion was the winner because of its brutal lifestyle in constantly fighting all the time. Lions fight other prides lions when their territory overlaps, and hyenas. But I completely disagreed with their results and the show has been cancelled I think.\n\nA Bengal tiger can kill a a fully grown Indian elephant one-on-one, an animal that weighs about 20 times its own size. It says that in the wikipedia. A tiger can kill and drag a 2,700 pound Indian gaur (like a buffalo) about 5 times its own bodyweight. Lions aren't that strong and they can't kill elephants neither. I'd say even a tiger only half the size of a lion would beat the lion, but tigers are bigger.\n\nBut you gotta remember lions live in a pride so an entire pride of lions is more powerful than a single tiger, I think.
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The bear, not only would he have a weight, up to 1,500 lbs for a full grown Kodiak compared to about 350 for the gorilla, and height advantage and he would be more aggressive. The Kodiak has been known to kill with one blow a full grown bull, pick him up and carry for almost a mile before putting it down which pretty much slowed down the cattle business on Kodiak Island.
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Ali for sure. He was a more technical fighter. hes waste rocky. Im seeing three of em' mick! Hit the one in the middle Rock!
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That's hard.  One of two equally good choices:  a) flying fish cause then you get to swim and fly or b) a puffer fish cause you look all innocent and then BAM! you puff up and stick a needle in some shark's eye.
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PREDATOR WILL KICK SAMUS'S ASS ALL THE WAY!!!  PREDATOR PREDATOR PREDATOR!!  sorry, i get a little carried away when it comes to the predator.  you should have seen me watching AVP in the theaters.  it wasn't a pretty sight.
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yes and no. The prehistoric megaladon was large enough to swallow two school buses whole. They would be an amazing phanominon to witness but truly it would destroy the fabric of this century and the future. Megaladon left with its time and its closest reletive being the great white shark.
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has to be the bear. They can rip a head off an ox with one swipe.
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The sharks of course. Thornton is proven while the rest are wannabes.