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[Coins]

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/02/12/study-crocodiles-are-able-to-climb-trees/

As far as discoveries go, this is a somewhat terrifying one, assuming one has a healthy respect for crocodiles on the ground: They can climb and perch in trees, and really climb, with researchers spotting them more than a dozen feet from the ground.

While anecdotal reports have placed the reptiles in trees in Mississippi, Colombia, and along the Nile, only three references to such behavior appear in scientific literature.

And so researchers set out to determine whether it was a regular practice, observing crocodilians (which includes crocs and alligators) on three continents: Australia, Africa, and North America.

What they found, as reported in Herpetology Notes: Four species were identified as able to climb trees, and were spotted, in once case, as high as 13 feet above the ground—and as far as 16 feet down a branch.

I mean, fuck...

Fucking crocodiles in motherfucking trees.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

So much for my foolproof plan of running up a tree if I were ever being chased by a crocodile.

 

[Kinvara]

I came to this thread to see a picture of a crocodile in a tree.

So where's the goods?

 

[Shadowof]

Mother of god....

 

[Mike M]

Humanity had a good run.

 

[SloaneRisette]

I came to this thread to see a picture of a crocodile in a tree.

So where's the goods?

I did too.

This is pretty terrifying.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

the day I found out about those fucking snakes that flatten out and glide between trees is the day innocence died.

 

[Coins]

I came to this thread to see a picture of a crocodile in a tree.

So where's the goods?

Sorry. It's in the OP now.

 

[Ace Harding]

I came to this thread to see a picture of a crocodile in a tree.

So where's the goods?

Here ya go.

Edit: shit that's a monitor not a croc. OP got one.

 

[Volimar]

Here ya go.

Edit: shit that's a monitor not a croc. OP got one.

thatsracist.gif

 

[Kinvara]

Here ya go.

That is a monitor lizard. #learn2reptile

Fucking crocodiles in motherfucking trees.

Looks to be a juvenile croc. I'd guess the adults are too fat to get up the trees.

 

[TAJ]

Here ya go.

Edit: shit that's a monitor not a croc. OP got one.

But yeah, speaking of those... You're basically fucked if you can't get to shelter quickly. They'll outrun you, outclimb you and outswim you.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Donkey Kong's treehouse is in for a rude awakening

 

[jb1234]

Great. One of my greatest fears can climb trees. Nightmare fuel.

 

[TemplaerDude]

I bet they don't just "climb" up trees, either. They probably gallop up them with enough rage and fury to make any person shit themselves.

 

[Spinluck]

i see that they aren't in florida...

yet.

 

[jb1234]

i see that they aren't in florida...

yet.

And I thought Florida couldn't get any worse...

 

[MemoryHumanity]

And I thought Florida couldn't get any worse...

 

[venom2124]

I really hope that someone gets a video of them climbing. My brain simply can't comprehend this.

 

[spindashing]

Look at that motherfucking grin.

 

[jb1234]

Look at that motherfucking grin.

Fucking badass croc.

 

[kswiston]

But yeah, speaking of those... You're basically fucked if you can't get to shelter quickly. They'll outrun you, outclimb you and outswim you.

Other than Komodo Dragons, monitors are too small to be much of a threat. They would just run away from you.

 

[Extra Sauce]

One thread about climbing crocodiles and you've already forgotten that they can swim?

 

[King Mac of Furry Frog]

Doesn't bacteria in their saliva paralyze their prey? Or is that just the dragons?

 

[King Mac of Furry Frog]

One thread about climbing crocodiles and you've already forgotten that they can swim?

The ocean is a bit different.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Call me when Crocodiles can fly.

 

[Jarrod38]

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

At least we don't have any of those in Canada.

We have drop bears instead.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Doesn't bacteria in their saliva paralyze their prey? Or is that just the dragons?

Komodo Dragons, yeah. Crocodiles and alligators just drown their prey. It's why they live in water.

 

[Byakuya769]

That's actually not true about dragons. They actually force their prey to bleed out and they just wait till their too flushed from blood loss to fight back.