Crocs Unisex Kid's Fun Lab Classic I Am Shark Clog

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Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Like their Indo-Pacific counterparts, American crocs sometimes meander well outside their established range. South Florida crocs have materialized well north up the coasts of the Sunshine State, and even off South Carolina. Crocs from the Lower Florida Keys occasionally make deepwater crossings out to the remote Dry Tortugas. In Sonora, Mexico (where they've vanished), American crocs used to periodically stray northward along the Sea of Cortez's desert shores as far as Tiburon Island. Our first category is the weight. A Great White Shark is an enormous creature, weighing up to 5000 pounds. In fact, some sharks have been known to weigh much more than that. A Saltwater Crocodile seems no competition for a shark, with a weight of mere 1000 pounds. That Indo-Pacific crocodiles are occasional mariners is well established. The historical range of this biggest living reptile is a vast ocean-dominated kingdom.”

Great White Sharks also have incredibly powerful jaws lined with nearly 300 teeth. A shark’s teeth can measure up to 6.6 inches. They can crush turtle shells easily. Crocodilians eating sharks, and vice versa, happens all the time, but a considerable size difference between the two is the norm. A huge shark and crocodile gnashing it out? Probably a super-rare occurrence – except, of course, in the fevered imaginations of human beings. "Predators generally don't mess with each other because the risk of a serious injury usually isn't worth it," notes Britton. "But there are always exceptions."

Given their taste for nesting sea turtles and their habit of bee-lining for certain fish runs, it's also likely that full-grown adults sometimes use the ocean as a "highway" to commute between river mouths or turtle rookeries. Crocodiles may also use marine habitat for nesting: American crocs in South Florida mostly frequent mangrove swamps, but some females enter Florida Bay off the Everglades National Park coast to lay eggs on remote keys.

Brutus with a bull shark between its jaws on the Adelaide River in the Kakadu National Park. Photo: Andrew Paice/Getty Images

So what do we know about the seafaring tendencies of crocodiles? And what to make of other reports from this year, of multiple alligators turning up in the surf along the southeastern United States? And hey – what happens when a high-seas traveller of a crocodile meets a big shark? SEAGOING CROCS Both the fighters are well-matched in skill, strength, and power. But who will be our most likely winner? Let us look at some hard facts and find out together. Even more impressively, a six- to seven-foot gator circled an oil platform roughly 40 miles off the Louisiana mainland in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. The oil workers who spotted the seafaring beast wondered whether it was seeking a haul-out to rest. One told a biologist investigating the sighting that he'd seen an offshore alligator only once before, maybe 16 miles out in the Gulf, but none of the others had ever observed one. Australia has a reputation for its terrifying animals and this video has only added fuel to the fire.

Now, let’s look at bite force. A Saltwater Crocodile boasts an immense bite force of 3700 pounds per square inch. But is this enough to overpower the Great White Shark? With a bite force of 4000 pounds per square inch, a Great White Shark remains ahead of the game.Saltwater Crocodiles are found in parts of India, Southeast Asia, and Australia. On the other hand, Great White Sharks are usually seen in the cool coastal regions of the United States, South Africa, and Japan. They seem to live quite far apart. Measuring a staggering seven metres long (23ft), the female great white is believed to be at least 50 years old.