Darwin’s Law at work
This photo (from Northern Territory News) is a wonderful example of Darwin at work. You see that is a crocodile trap they are cavorting on. It was nice of them to provide bait for the trap, but sadly it seems even crocs have taste.
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November 21st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Stand aside Crocs, I’ll have a nibble at that!
November 21st, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Lucy Lawless and Keisha Castle Hughes?
November 21st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Beauty is only skin deep of course and you should never judge a book by it’s cover. But if you forced me to I’d certainly judge those two ladies most favourably.
Where’s your sense of fun DPF?
November 21st, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Very, very dumb.
Here’s a closer look- http://chthoniid.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p34264309-5.jpg
Have a look at these teeth
http://chthoniid.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p202169757-5.jpg
The truly scary thing about a saltwater crocodile, is that it is invisible underwater. Watching those things dive is amazing. You have 100s of kilograms of mass- in one large carnivore- and as it subsides the water flows over its scuts and bumps on it’s back. The second it is underwater there is nothing- not a ripple, not a bubble. It should not be possible to displace that much water and leave no sign in the water. It can- and does. Hydrodynamics are incredible.
How much mass there is underwater- http://chthoniid.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p400655864-5.jpg
Most attacks are so swift and so sudden, there isn’t even time for the person to scream. You’ll be pierced by dagger-long teeth, gripped in jaws too powerful to resist, and dragged down to the bottom of the river for a couple of hours. You have zero chance of survival. And they are not at all wary of people (in the way that tigers, lions or bears learn to be wary). You’re just a slow, pink food-group.
We could see this guy- http://chthoniid.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p268528283-5.jpg but it was the crocs we couldn’t see that was the real problem.
Note that the saltwater croc is the largest of all the crocodilians, Nile croc the second largest.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:35 pm
The Crocs wouldn’t stand a chance!
I would take them on, and give it my best shot.
Should I fail in the mission, I will have taken one for the team. An act of selfless courage in the face of beauty!
Come ova here dahlin and gorgeous!! I’ve got a little something for ya!
November 21st, 2009 at 12:36 pm
“Have a look at these teeth”
http://chthoniid.zenfolio.com/img/v6/p202169757-5.jpg
Jeeze I never realised what a brave man Helens dentist was till now!
November 21st, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Definitive proof that beauty and brains are mutually exclusive.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Holy Mackerel, I’d swim those croc infested waters for that blond spunk quinella, and all the boys went Go Kiwi Dundee on all eight fucking loud cylinders. I wish they had crocs in the Avon. The closet we got is those buildings in close proximity to the river bank are fully infested with deadly cold blooded reptiles that sit behind big benches.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Chthoniid – Your comment reminded me of this Far Side cartoon
November 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Heh, that’s one my favourites getstaffed.
I’ve done some stupid things in the past, and take some (managed) risks around crocs, but they get my complete and absolute respect.
November 21st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Blowing your brains out with a shotgun would be a faster and less painful way to commit suicide D4J.
November 21st, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Well the NT capital is named after Darwin.
November 21st, 2009 at 1:31 pm
sorry michael i went to give you a +ve but hit the -ve button.
November 21st, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I hear crocidiles like a bit of pussy from time to time. Yum yum
November 21st, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Never to be outdone, kiwis will get their chance to mauled by wild animals while inebriated after climate change starts to bring more confused seals and sea lions into our cities.
November 21st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Those girls may have been research assistants to Dr Borington’s, the world renowned herpetologist.
November 21st, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Chthoniid, you’re spoil sport. Nice croc photos by the way – I’ve looked a few of your photos and they are very very good.
November 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Actually this was part of a serious scientific study which scotched several preconceptions about croc behaviour. One myth was that on capturing a human the croc would eat the victim hole.
Apparently as a result of this experiment, we now know that they spit that part out. . . .
eye thenkyu
November 21st, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Thanks Brian
Alas, it would be irresponsible for me to encourage anyone to swim with crocodiles. If they did get eaten, the crocodile would be killed to recover some of the remains (this is more efficient than picking indigestible bits of human remains out of croc poo). So, I’ve got to look out for the crocodile’s welfare…I mean, it’s important to look after my fellow humans.
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:28 am
So, it’s either a croc, or the croc of shit you’re peddling?