Shark vs. Croc?

[Dr. Sylvan]

On another forum somebody posted (March 21st) bn523

Adult Swim starts Flying Shark vs. Flying Crocodile tonight. So I was a little bit surprised to see that tonight at 8, Discovery Channel is running a show called "Animal Face-Off," asking "Who would win? A great white shark or a saltwater crocodile?"

I pose this question to TMD. Who would win?

[Mith]

The crock...sharks suffocate out of water  

[Magi]

A Shark could swim circles around a Croc.

Shark

[Dr. Sylvan]

IMO, this point made on my above-referenced other forum settles the matter once and for all:

But this is a crododile we're talking about, not an alligator. He's used to duking it out with hippos. And they don't just "grab and drown", they grab and _roll over_ (see "death roll"). They spin around rapidly when they grab ahold and chew through their prey like a sawsall. Plus, in their territorial battles, they fight eachother in multiple dimenstions.

Who the fuck is a shark gonna fight? The occaisional pod of dolphins will come along and kick its ass with their mighty mighty brains; the occaisional orca or giant squid. But _most_ of their lives they're dumb eating machines with not much direct competition. And when they do fight with eachother, they learn how to fight other sharks. Crocs have been mixing it up all their lives. They know intimate combat with well armed and larger opponents, and they're extrordinarily sneaky.

Advantage: Croc.

I'm open to counterarguments, if there's anyone out there who still erroneously thinks the shark has a chance.

[BlkXplsn]

Assuming they were of similar size, a shark would get it's ass kicked. Anyone who says differently hasn't been watching the Discovery channel.

[TracerBullet]

I too have to go with the Nihilistic Nightmare of the Nile.

[Nameless]

I have to go with the Croc on this one, for several reasons:

First, haven't you seen some of the people they talked to on Adult Swim?  I mean obviously some of those people had good points, and one or two fo them made sense.  Croc, babe.

Second, I mean the Croc has wings, and the shark is just using a stupid jet pack.  Obviously this Croc was born with wings so it's more 'at home' in the air, and the shark is just sticking it's snout into turf where it doesn't belong.  If god wanted sharks to fly...  We'd all be headless by now.

Third, I mean did you see the sock-puppet rendition?  That was so horrifying that I could barely stand to watch.  Oh, the agony, oh the misery of it all...  Words cannot describe the horror I bore witness to.  I will never look at cotten blend again.