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When a Saltwater Crocodile and a Great White Shark go head to head, who do you think has the greater chances? Let’s weigh their strengths and weaknesses to find out.

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. They've been found encrusted with barnacles, and spotted munching sea turtles at nesting beaches and pelicans offshore. In fact, one study revealed that South Florida crocodiles have a diet of 65 percent marine prey – and suggested the animals "may be capable of being ecologically isolated from freshwater ecosystems". That Indo-Pacific crocodiles are occasional mariners is well established. The historical range of this biggest living reptile is a vast ocean-dominated kingdom.”It is a rare thing for a Saltwater Crocodile and a Great White Shark to meet. It’s even rarer that we would see them at each other’s throats in an intense battle! Sharks frequent the coastal waters while saltwater crocodiles usually hang out in salty marshes. Great White Sharks prey on sea lions, seals, sea birds, crustaceans, mollusks, orcas, and even other sharks. They are also known to feed on dead whales. Like crocodiles, sharks are carnivorous creatures as well. The Great White Shark is stronger and bigger than the Saltwater Crocodile. A Saltwater Crocodile, however, proves to be a deadlier animal. But what will finally tip the scales in either one’s favor? This is where hunting skills and technique comes in. A Great White Shark weighs five times more than a Saltwater Crocodile. A shark can weigh up to 5000 pounds, while a saltie weighs only 1000 pounds. It may be rare for the two fighters to meet. But until then, let’s say there’s a hypothetical battle between a Saltwater Crocodile and the Great White Shark. Who do you think will survive and take the winning trophy home? Here’s our final verdict!

If we look at the number of humans killed every year by the two creatures, a Saltwater Crocodile proves to be the deadlier predator. Sharks are way behind in this case. 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.The Great White Shark is an excellent swimmer as well, with its perfect streamlined body. With over 300 serrated teeth and a bite force of over 4000 psi, it is unlikely that its prey will survive its fatal clutches. It is also bigger and heavier, which allows it to easily overpower its opponent.

In some areas, estuarine or marine prey like crabs, stingrays and sea turtles may compose most of the diet of coastal alligators. CROCS & SHARKS 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. 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. It's important to note that a crocodile on the high seas is at a disadvantage against a shark, being a far less efficient or energetic swimmer – not to mention that the reptile's ambush-style hunting tactics wouldn't be of much use in this setting. Great White Sharks are great predators, with nearly 300 sharp serrated teeth. These tear into flesh and pull it apart into small chunks which they swallow whole. On the other hand, the Saltwater Crocodile has a total of 66 teeth. These are sharp and perfect for grabbing its prey with a death hold.

“That Indo-Pacific crocodiles are occasional mariners is well established. The historical range of this biggest living reptile is a vast ocean-dominated kingdom.”

Saltwater crocodiles can weigh up to 1000 pounds. They are huge in size. A full-grown saltie can measure up to 17 feet in length. They have an average lifespan of 70 years. Animal Face-Off-style sensationalism aside, shark-crocodile relations can usually be summarised pretty mundanely: big crocs eat little sharks and big sharks eat little crocs. The estuaries and lagoons of the tropics, after all, find the vulnerable young of both creatures overlapping. The shark pups of mangrove nurseries make easy meals for crocodiles, and hatchling and subadult crocs are appealing morsels for river-cruising sharks.

What will be the outcome of an epic battle between a Saltwater Crocodile and the Great White Shark? Do you guys have any guesses yet? If you have seen the film Jaws or Sharknado, you will most likely bet on the shark! But the Saltwater Crocodile is an equally dangerous predator. So we know these reptiles are capable of long excursions through marine waters – but where are they going? "We assume they are traveling along the coastline to a different river system," suggests one of the researchers, University of Queensland's Craig Franklin. "[Most are] mid-sized males. Possibly they have been displaced by larger males in the river system they came from and are now looking for an alternative to inhabit and breed."However, although rare, it is not entirely impossible. Crocodiles are great swimmers and may sometimes wander far off into the sea. Both sharks and crocodiles move around in groups and eat whatever comes their way. It is possible that they might cross each other and go head to head! 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." But what about honest-to-goodness transoceanic journeys? Most Indo-Pacific crocs probably restrict themselves to coastal cruising, and the few that end up far offshore may have simply been swept there by accident. But perhaps, rarely, certain crocs strike off on pelagic voyages to disperse, riding an ocean gyre to distant shores. "At sea, you have no visual point of reference, but we know that crocodiles can navigate using non-visual references – magnetic fields being one – so they may be able to detect when they're in a current out at sea," suggests Britton.