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

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With over 300 serrated teeth and a bite force of over 4000 psi, it is unlikely that its prey will survive its fatal clutches. Full-grown bull sharks, though outsized by many compatriot crocs, are heavy-jawed bruisers of fish, and likely don't fall victim to the reptiles much (except maybe to genuine giants like Brutus). South Florida crocs have materialized well north up the coasts of the Sunshine State, and even off South Carolina. And what to make of other reports from this year, of multiple alligators turning up in the surf along the southeastern United States?

One of these beasts, nearly 16 feet long, was caught in the Wenlock River on the western coast of the peninsula, flown 78 miles overland and released in Temple Bay on the other side.Studies from places like Florida's Shark River Estuary and Sapelo Island off Georgia suggest certain coastal alligators make a tradeoff: they endure the physical hardships of brackish habitats – plus the workout of shuttling between them and the freshwater havens where they recharge – because these spots are such productive hunting grounds. American crocs also have an extensive, mostly coastal dominion, cruising tidewater rivers, lagoons, mangrove swamps, and offshore cays and atolls from South Florida down to South America's northern Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

What if two of the deadliest aquatic predators ever—the Saltwater Crocodile and the Great White Shark —were up against each other in a historic battle?They also prey on big animals like water buffaloes, wild boar, deer, goats, monkeys, and even sharks.

Two recent pieces of footage from Australia suggest what's likely more typical interplay between full-grown crocs and sharks. 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.In 2014, the 18-foot croc "Brutus" – whose missing front leg has sometimes been attributed to shark bite – chomped one in the Adelaide River. In 2010, biologists surveying for North Atlantic right whales came across an alligator some 20 miles off the Georgia coast. Recent deluges in the Altamaha River basin may have carried this gator out to sea: the observers noted marsh wrack and other debris near the reptile. They've been found encrusted with barnacles, and spotted munching sea turtles at nesting beaches and pelicans offshore.