Lizzie, one of the crocodiles featured in this video filmed by David White, was recently illegally killed. They found her butchered and they never found out who did it. She was a caring mother and a vital part of her ecosystem. Murdering animals for absolutely no reason makes you a pathetic monster.

David White wrote:

In loving memory of the most beautiful soul and Queen of the Daintree, Lizzie. May you rest in peace, for 26 years you were there for me and I miss you so very much. May your memory live on in your children for they were your greatest gift.

Kind of crazy that showing crocs death rolling can demonetize you on YouTube. I grew up watching docs on TV showing that no problem, it's depressing how much censorship has eroded content these days.

"one of the most dominant builds in the animal kingdom"
Wait a minute, this isn't TierZoo

The crocodile build is so optimal and powerful, it’s been around for hundreds of millions of years. Evolution said “This is it!!”

The story at the start is insane. Imagine a crocodile planning your murder for 6 months WHILE you're taking care of it.

The croc and dragonfly body types have been around since before most modern trees, grass, and flowering plants.

I live in northern Australia. That warning in the video about staying away from the water (all water, from the sea to small creeks), and not going to the same place at the water's edge twice, is completely true. Ignore it at your mortal peril. Crocs are smart, very powerful, and very very patient. Being cold blooded reptiles in a warm tropical environment they don't need to eat often, and can stalk you for weeks just waiting for the right moment.

They are also superbly adapted to their environment, very tough and resilient, one of the great survivors of the animal kingdom. They will long outlive us humans.

Demonetizing educational info material that is better made than every TV "documentary" is NOT the thing we need on Youtube.
I learned a lot today

The crocodile warning signs should say "The crocodiles are capable of planning, are smarter than most mammals, and like the taste of humans. Just like Jurassic Park Velociraptors. If you can see them, they are planning how to eat you."
That will keep people away from them.

Gotta love people dedicating their lives to study and understand these ancient creatures. Scientists are cool. Thank you so much for making this video

One other pretty interesting thing that wasn’t mentioned in the video is that the scutes on their back also are designed to create lots of currents and counter currents which work to significantly reduce and often entirely remove ripples on the surface when swimming just a few inches below, which allows them to almost instantly vanish even when moving just under the surface in murky water. Pretty cool.

I am retired US military. We had a mission on the island of Timor working with their local military. Which is about 400 mi north of the Australian coast. Halfway through the mission we had a day off and we went to a beach us and Timor military. While we were having fun on the beach I turned around and noticed that there were soldiers up on the cliffs with rifles and mega phones. I asked one of the soldiers why the security detail. He said that they were actively spotting for saltwater crocodiles. It was at that time I knew to get my ass out of the water😅.

To think that a crocodile can re-migrate back to exactly where it came from is really fascinating. Not just the "How", but just the "Why" is truly mind boggling to me. It means the animal actually feels a strong connection to its old habitat and much rather goes there, instead of finding something new. In short: They get homesick. And THAT is bind blowing.

The fear of crocs is not because we fear dying, its because being eaten alive is right up there with being being burnt to death as the worst possible ways to die. Its primal and as a fear is older than humanity.

As a Floridian- gators are swamp puppies that can be dangerous but aren’t likely to attack you unprovoked…. Crocodiles are horrifying hell beasts that WILL eat you

I think the fact that they can plan and stay to a plan for a long time is the scariest fact of them. They are extremely patient animals when needed to be, they perfected the craft.

Good luck with monetization. These videos are so fascinating and promotes education. YouTube's apparent war on education is so baffling.

Dang crocs have better navigation than GPS. That’s crazy. They must have a literal built in compass like a lot of types of migratory birds. Some birds even have proteins in their eyes that let them perceive the actual magnetic field. 🤯

To be fair, crocodiles killing less people than dogs makes sense.
Now imagine if every household on the family had at least 1-3 salt water crocodiles in their houses at all times.

You'd probably see millions of deaths over night b

As a croc researcher / paleontologist, I’m always happy about high quality informative videos that’s accessible to everyone. Kudos to you!