How A Prehistoric Croc Would Fight on Land

I agree with your notion of ancient crocs fighting like there modern brethren. Though i'd have to think they would be a bit slower then today's crocodylomorphs. but when they land a bite on you, well nice knowing ya.........

Not only are their jaws quite nasty, but those tails could really do some damage too. At least knock you off balance.

I have actually been to Florida and seen one of their shows at the the Everglades Holiday National Park. Its insane, they seriously put their heads inside an alligator mouth and they have quick enough reflexes to pull their head out right as the alligator has decided he has had enough.

Anyways on topic, Crocodilians are a lot better on land than we give the credit for. Infact, one species of crocodile, the freshwater crocodile from Australia can even gallop. Crocodilians also have pretty quick reflexes as shown by this video, although they have there weaknesses, like the fact that they have Monocular vision so they cant see directly in front of them, but I doubt any dinosaur would know that. But I'm sure from time to time a Tyrannosaurus would make the mistake of messing with a sunbathing Deinosuchus, or a Carcharodontosaurus would make the mistake of messing with a sunbathing Sarcosuchus.

Anyways thanks for the post Rex Fan 684! It really does make you reconsider.

I agree with ya Lord of the Spinosaurus. Crocs are very dangerous on land.

PS- It's awesome that you got to see one of their shows live. I've only watched the TV show(which I love, lol).

I absolutely agree with you Rex Fan, ancient crocodilians would have behaved EXACLTY like the 10.5 foot bull gator in the video.  Crocodilians have hardly changed in appearance at all since the Mesozoic, so who's to say that they would have done something different in terms of behaviour?

Lord of the Spinosaurs, it's so cool you got to see one of their shows live, but I have a real problem with them sticking their heads in the gators' mouths.  Paul did actually get bit once by a 10 foot male, and even though all he got were some puncture wounds that just bled, no broken skull, it coud have been a lot worse.  More still, it puts tremendous stress on the animal.  

And tremendous stress on the person ;)

Glad you enjoyed the post though Alpha :)

I remember I saw that episode when Paul got bit, it was not the alligators fault, it was Paul's fault and he admitted it. But yeah, going there was pretty cool. I also went on an airboat tour, we saw a couple of wild alligators, one of them even tryed to sneak up on a bird and eat it, but he failed. It was interesting to watch though. I also remember the airboat turning around and I seeing an alligator literally a couple of feet away from me in the water, just looking straight at me, but luckliy it just went underwater and swam away.

Sounds awesome.

What an interesting topic. I think those fights (or not even that, maybe show-offs, I think none of them would bbe stupid enough to keep fighting) can be comparable with modern Lions Vs. Crocodiles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6xjNt-ZB60

Rex fan, the tail of a modern day croc or gator is enough to crack your leg or chin. So saxrosuchus or deinosuchus, and prurrasaurus would completely destroy you. And I don't think they would be able to gallop for a long time.

lord of the spinosaurus, I live in the great and hot state of Florida so gators are a common sight and I know what they can do. Flatten stout skull, break your neck, and ruin your day:)

Nice video Dinosteve, though the lions had an advantage in numbers, im sure much larger crocs battled theropods in a similar manner.

BTW Tyrant King, I know gators are a common sight there, i bet its interesting living there. Have you seen any crocodiles though? I know that Florida has a species of crocodile called the American Crocodile, but I think there only in southern Florida.

@ Lord of spino,I haven't seen many crocs.

I agree with you about. I'd like to see a fight in real life like that. It would be very interesting to see.

True that.

REX FAN 684 - This is quite interesting! I absolutely love The Gator Boys; I've watched most of the shows! I happen to believe that more ancient crocodilians would likely have behaved in a manner similar to the animals we have today. Thus, your assumption holds quite a bit of weight in my opinion! Thank you very much for sharing this with us! :)

P.S - Isn't the lead Gator Boy of the Iron Man competitions?

I can see a Deinosuchus fighting like this.

Thanks SR and Sci-Fi :)

And yes SR, Paul does do the Iron Man competitions.