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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Crocodile vs shark: Tourists watch in amazement as two deadly predators battle

Croc attacks sharkVisitors investigating the Adelaide River in north Australia were left stunned in the wake of seeing a gigantic 5.5 meter saltwater crocodile - referred to by regional standards as Brutus - sink its teeth into a fierce bull shark.

Andrew Paice, a beginner photographic artist from Sydney, was on a natural life voyage in the Kakadu National Park with his wife Nikki and seven-year-old girl Madison when they recognized the savage assault.

"It was headed once more to the pier, we went past Brutus, he was up on the bank," Mr Paice clarified.

"As we were going past, we recognized that there was a blade.

"We thought it was a barramundi [fish] or something.

"Furthermore the aide took the watercraft in for a more critical look and lo' and view... it was a shark."

Brutus - who is well-known in the neighborhood  is thought to associate with 80-years of age and is forgetting a front leg and the vast majority of his teeth.

It is accepted that he lost his appendage to an alternate shark - starting bits of gossip mainly that the hungry croc assaulted in a demonstration of requital.

"However from listening to other individuals, it was likely more probable a huge crocodile [who took his front leg]," said Mr Paice.
Shark swims away
Shark swims awayit is not clear whether the shark survived the trial [getty]

It may have escaped; it may have got consumed - we don't know

Andrew Paice

"However who knows?

"It was either a crocodile or a shark."

The Northern Territory News reported that Brutus won the fight, yet Mr Paice said that he saw the shark - who he claims was 1.5 meters in length - slide far from the avaricious crocodile.

"When we went past the first run through the croc was lying there with the shark in its mouth," he said.

"When we pulled the vessel in closer it slid go into the water.

"Also when the shark, or the mouth of the croc, hit the water, the shark began to flail uncontrollably.

"So it was surely still alive.

"We couldn't see any blood anyplace," he said.

"It may have escaped; it may have got consumed - we don't have the foggiest idea.

"He didn't put that show on for us lamentably."

This kind of assault is uncommon to see in the wild as sharks are typically equipped to escape crocodile assaults in deeper water, said a creature master.

Lamentably for this fish, he was cornered in shallow profundities.

"This individual [mr Paice] has been unfathomably fortunate, in light of the fact that as a rule you don't see a great deal of creatures effectively chasing," said a Taronga Zoo representative.

"It is very much an interesting thing that he has seen.

"Crocs are very astute, they will consume anything they can overwhelm."

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