# saltwater crocodile vs shark **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582 "2013-04-24T11:24:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![e.fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@e.fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/e.fred)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/1 "2013-04-24T11:24:18Z")
has a fight between a crocodile and shark ever taken place? Who would win? Also who believes Mokole Mbembe was seen in the Congo ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/2 "2013-04-24T13:02:44Z")
> [@e.fred](#): > > has a fight between a crocodile and shark ever taken place? yes, just google “crocodile vs shark”. All three results do occur 1. no death 2. shark eats crocodile 3. crocodile eats shark ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/3 "2013-04-24T13:19:45Z")
Great White \> ALL ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/4 "2013-04-24T13:34:44Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > yes, just google “crocodile vs shark”. > > All three results do occur > > 1. no death > 2. shark eats crocodile > 3. crocodile eats shark Winner then meets Saber Tooth Tiger for the crown. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/5 "2013-04-24T14:01:22Z")
“Also who believes Mokole Mbembe was seen in the Congo?” As far as I can tell, nobody with any reasonable credentials. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/6 "2013-04-24T14:12:04Z")
Where is My Lord when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/7 "2013-04-24T16:38:22Z")
> [@e.fred](#): > > Also who believes Mokole Mbembe was seen in the Congo [Moderating] If you are asking fellow posters if they believe in [Mokele Mbembe,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokele-mbembe) the best place for that is IMHO. If you are asking if anyone besides the more credulous cryptozoologists believe in it, then then answer is “no one.” > [@](#): > > Expeditions mounted in the hope of finding evidence of the Mokèlé-mbèmbé have failed, and the subject has been covered in a number of books and by a number of television documentaries. According to skeptic Robert T. Carroll, “Reports of the Mokèlé-mbèmbé have been circulating for the past two hundred years, yet no one has photographed the creature or produced any physical evidence of its existence.”[2] Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/8 "2013-04-24T17:20:54Z")
I saw this on a lame-ass Discovery-channel-creep type show years ago. Shark won, but it was B.S. because they put the saltie out in the open sea on the surface, so the first strike advantage went to the shark. I think this unlikely encounter would most likely take place at a river mouth where the advantage of the shark rocketing up from the depths is mitigated. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/9 "2013-04-24T17:44:12Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Where is My Lord when you need him? **My Lord** vs **e.fred** - Two posters create threads, only one survives! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/10 "2013-04-24T18:01:14Z")
Sharks, crocs, gators, saber tooths… all make great pets. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/11 "2013-04-24T18:35:34Z")
If a spear-wielding gorilla was riding on the crocodile, the shark would lose. Also, that would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/12 "2013-04-24T18:41:01Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > If a spear-wielding gorilla was riding on the crocodile, the shark would lose. Also, that would be awesome. Not if the shark was ridden by a bunny with a bazooka. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/13 "2013-04-24T18:58:15Z")
I’m pretty sure that the Hulk could beat the Thing, but that Superman would kick the Hulk’s butt. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saltwater-crocodile-vs-shark/656582/14 "2013-04-24T18:58:57Z")
And the winner goes up against Jesus on a Dinosaur.