History Main / NeverSmileataCrocodile

** Gustave, a semi-legendary crocodile in Africa. And Nile crocodiles in general, really. Because they were revered by ancient Egyptians for thousands of years, and it was punishable by death to even touch one, the crocs got wise, and are now one of the few species of animals that will deliberately stalk, hunt, and eat humans with direct intent as opposed to incidentally. Essentially, the Egyptians smiled at the crocodiles for so long, the crocs are smiling back.

* In the 007 movie ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', we have JamesBond about to be fed alive to crocodiles. Of course [[BondVillainStupidity nobody stays there to watch him die]] so James simply [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q9XOn08cYw runs over them]]!

* The Mugger of Mugger-Ghaut in RudyardKipling's ''Second Jungle Book'' story "[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Second_Jungle_Book/The_Undertakers The Undertakers]]". The accompanying poem "[[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Second_Jungle_Book/A_Ripple_Song A Ripple Song]]" demonstrates what happens when you don't watch out for concealed crocs.

* Australia, land of EverythingTryingToKillYou, has the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile saltwater crocodile]], one of the largest reptiles in existence.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_(crocodile) Gustave]], a semi-legendary crocodile in Africa.
*** Nile Crocodiles in general, really. Because they were revered by ancient Egyptians for thousands of years, and it was punishable by death to even touch one, the crocs got wise, and are now one of the few species of animals that will deliberately stalk, hunt, and eat humans with direct intent as opposed to incidentally. Essentially, the Egyptians smiled at the crocodiles for so long, the crocs are smiling back.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinosuchus Deinosuchus]], a 40-foot-long alligator of ancient times.
** And don't forget [[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcosuchus Sarcosuchus Imperator!]]

* Crocodilians nowadays are reduced to a mere 23 species of water dwellers that mostly feed on fish, with a handful of species being large and powerful enough to tackle large prey. However, their extinct relatives are far more diverse, and some even more threatening. We have the terrestrial "boar-croc" Kaprosuchus; the terrestrial Sebecids, [[http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/03/move_over_theropoda_sebecosuch.php able to compete with theropod dinosaurs (and surviving up until far more recently)]]; the Raiusuchians, who invented the TyrannosaurusRex [[http://hatuhana.sakura.ne.jp/sblo_files/hatuhana/image/24-02-sillosuchus.jpg look while dinosaurs were still chasing bugs (and even came close to it in size)]]; the marine Metriorhynchids, of whom one of them was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakosaurus nicknamed "Godzilla"]] for good reason... Add to that animals [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotosaurus that made their living as giant browsers]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourasuchus filter-feeding whales]] far before those existed, and you have an incredibly impressive and diverse group.

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* Several B-movies involving large crocodiles haunting sewers or [[MisplacedWildlife mountain lakes]], expecially ''LakePlacid''. {{Wikipedia}} has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killer_crocodile_films a list]].

* The MacGuffin in ''RomancingTheStone'' is temporarily lost when a crocodile swallows it along with BigBad's hand.

* In ''FinalFantasyI'', there are Crocodiles and White Crocodiles in the rivers, and they're quite powerful.

* In ''TitanQuest'', the Nile river banks in Egypt are overrun with massive Croc men, which are one of the thoughest monsters around.

* [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Albino Ghoul Alligators]] are met in the sewers of New York in ''VampireTheMasqueradeRedemption''. And boy, [[DemonicSpiders they're though!]]

* ''PokemonGoldAndSilver'' has Totodile, which evolves into Feraligatr, a 7-foot-tall bipedal crocodile implied to eat people. ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' has a Caiman Pokémon.

* In the 007 movie ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', we have JamesBond about to be fed alive to aligators. Of course [[BondVillainStupidity nobody stays there to watch him die]] so James simply [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q9XOn08cYw runs over them]]!

* In ''Series/RedDwarf'', Ace Rimmer's Nazi enemy has a crocodile for a pet, keeping it on his lap and stroking if affectionately, parodying [[JamesBond Blofeld]]'s RightHandCat. He throws it at Ace and jumps out of the plane they're on, but Ace overpowers it and [[{{Badass}} proceeds to "surf" on it in freefall]].

* The Spinosaurid group of dinosaurs sufficiently invoke the crocodilian imagery: their heads and jaws are remarkably similar to crodiles, and paleontologists agree that a significant part of their diet consisted of very large cretaceous fish. One genus's name, ''Suchomimus'', even means "crocodile imitator".

* One of the AlexRider novels, ''Crocodile Tears'', has the villain force Alex to hang from a bar while a group of crocodiles wait below, ready to eat Alex when he eventually tires and drops.

* Crocodilians nowadays are reduced to a mere 23 species of water dwellers that mostly feed on fish, with a handful of species being large and powerful enough to tackle large prey. However, their extinct relatives are far more diverse, and some even more threatening. We have the terrestrial "boar-croc" Kaprosuchus; the terrestrial Sebecids, [[http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/03/move_over_theropoda_sebecosuch.php able to compete with theropod dinosaurs (and surviving up until far more recently)]]; the Raiusuchians, who invented the TyrannosaurusRex [[http://hatuhana.sakura.ne.jp/sblo_files/hatuhana/image/24-02-sillosuchus.jpg look while dinosaurs were still chasing bugs (and even came close to it in size)]]; the marine Metriorhynchids, of whom one of them was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakosaurus nicknamed "Godzilla"]] for good reason... Add to that animals that worked like ankylosaurs or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourasuchus filter-feeding whales]] far before those existed. And keep in mind that all those animals had a bird-like cardiorespiratory system, that got toned down because being less active was more useful that senselessly wasting away resources in such trivial things as body heat.

* Crocodilians nowadays are reduced to a mere 23 species of water dwellers that mostly feed on fish, with a handful of species being large and powerful enough to tackle large prey. However, their extinct relatives are far more diverse, and some even more threatening. We have the recently extinct, ''tree-going'' Mekosuchines (which lived as recently as in modern times; and where else but in Australia?); the terrestrial "boar-croc" Kaprosuchus, the terrestrial Sebecids able to compete with theropod dinosaurs (and surviving up until far more recently); the Raiusuchians, who invented the TyrannosaurusRex look while dinosaurs were still chasing bugs (and even came close to it in size); the marine Metriorhynchids, of whom one of them was nicknamed "Godzilla" for good reason... Add to that animals that worked like ankylosaurs or filter-feeding whales far before those existed. And keep in mind that all those animals had a bird-like cardiorespiratory system, that got toned down because being less active was more useful that senselessly wasting away resources in such trivial things as body heat.

Everyone knows that EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks. They make the sea a scary, dangerous place. However, they live only in the sea, so that rivers and lakes are safe. Right?

Everyone knows that [=~Everything's Even Worse With Sharks~=]. They make the sea a scary, dangerous place. However, they live only in the sea, so that rivers and lakes are safe. Right?

See also [=~Everything's Even Worse With Sharks~=], SharkPool and ReptilesAreAbhorrent.

* ''[=~Pokémon Gold and Silver~=]'' has Totodile, which evolves into Feraligatr, a 7-foot-tall bipedal crocodile implied to eat people. ''[=~Pokémon Black and White~=]'' has a Caiman Pokémon.

* Several B-movies involving large crocodiles haunting sewers or [[MisplacedWildlife mountain lakes]], expecially ''LakePlacid''.

* In the 007 movie ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', we have JamesBond about to be fed alive to crocodiles. Of course [[BondVillainStupidity nobody stays there to watch him die]] so James simply [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q9XOn08cYw runs over the crocodiles]]!

* In the 007 movie ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', we have JamesBond about to be [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim fed alive to crocodiles]]. [[spoiler:Of course [[BondVillainStupidity nobody stays there to watch him die]] so James simply [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q9XOn08cYw runs over the crocodiles]]!]]

* In the 007 movie ''LiveAndLetDie'', we have JamesBond about to be [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim fed alive to crocodiles]]. [[spoiler:Of course [[BondVillainStupidity nobody stays there to watch him die]] so James simply [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q9XOn08cYw runs over the crocodiles]]!]]