What If Terror Crocs Were Still Alive?

have you ever wondered what dinosaurs were afraid of what creature in the cretaceous period made taking a drink of water a dangerous gamble i'm talking about terror crocs no no no not not those crocs dino sukis otherwise known as the terror crocodile what made terror crocs such extreme predators [Applause] if they were still around what would threaten their survival today and were they able to eat dinosaurs bones and all this is what if and here's what would happen if terror crocs were still alive about 80 to 73 million years ago dinosukis ruled over the marshes and swamps and feasted on unsuspecting dinosaurs fossils have been found showing that terror crocs grew up to 10 meters long and they likely weighed close to 5 tons just about the size of a city bus they had banana sized teeth and jaws powerful enough to crush bones many terror croc fossils have damaged teeth leading paleontologists to believe that terror crocs chomped on dinosaur bones but scientists aren't exactly sure if terror crocs were hunters or scavengers so if they happened to roam around today would they hunt us [Applause] this might surprise you but crocodile attacks are actually more common than shark attacks and they happen around the world for many people the risk of being attacked by a crocodile is a daily concern in fact thousands of years of crocodile attacks have contributed to our evolutionary fear of reptiles known as herpetophobia like our fear of spiders we've developed this phobia over time it's a natural way that we protect ourselves like modern crocodiles the dinosuukis was more of an opportunistic predator if anything happened to come into its territory these giant crocs would gobble it up no questions asked most crocodiles eat on average 50 meals a year as ectotherms they gather heat from their environment so they don't need to eat as much as some animals to stay warm the nile crocodile can eat up to half its body weight in one meal if the terror croc ate this much it could eat about 2 000 kilograms in a day that's about 36 average sized humans for breakfast crocodiles have a unique valve in their heart it increases blood flow to their stomachs through a special aorta this allows them to secrete gastric acid 10 times faster than most animals this means that they can dissolve entire animals bones and all as terrifying as it would be to see one of these giants walking down the street it's more likely that they would stick to their natural habitat of marshes rivers and swamps so you would need to be extra careful about where you go fishing even though terror crocs could wreak havoc on our marshland habitats we'd still hunt them for their skins and make luxury accessories like handbags shoes and belts many crocodiles in africa and parts of asia are also killed for their meat unfortunately the bigger an animal is the more attractive it is to trophy hunters but with conservation efforts around the world many endangered species of crocodile have managed to survive now if you think terror crocs are scary how would your life change if the megalodon still roamed our oceans well that's a story for another what if you

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Length: 4min 45sec (285 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 15 2020