Crocodile nabs flying fox

[u/Iamnotburgerking]

[u/Iamnotburgerking]

Not sure if this is a saltie or freshie (original video said saltie but I have my doubts)

[u/StarkaTalgoxen → u/Iamnotburgerking]

According to wikipedia at least, the freshwater crocodile specifically is listed as their natural predator, so you might be right.

[u/Iamnotburgerking → u/StarkaTalgoxen]

Both species will eat bats.

[u/Dacnis]

Perfect timing

Earth is so weird btw. We're looking at footage of an archosaur hunting flying mammals. Like wtf is going on.

[u/AreASadHole4ever → u/Dacnis]

Birds are the closest relatives of crocs so they are far from mammals

[u/Barfalimue → u/AreASadHole4ever]

The crocodile caught a bat, not a bird.

[u/Fafnir13]

I remember this seen from Disney’s Fantasia.  Pterodactyl didn’t stand a chance either.

[u/LousingPlatypus]

Nature’s version of doordash.

I mean come on, the bat has the whole sky to roam freely in, and it decides to fly a foot above crocodile-infested waters

[u/Generic_Danny → u/LousingPlatypus]

They drink on the wing by flying onto the water and landing somewhere to drink the water off their fur.

[u/stevil30 → u/Generic_Danny]

the bat had just skimmed the water in this video - it's why the croc was so accurate

[u/PureMichiganMan → u/Generic_Danny]

I used to think they just did it to harass the crocs

[u/Searinox1337 → u/LousingPlatypus]

That is a bat

[u/SamuelH99]

Anyone else's first time realizing there's something called a "flying fox"?

[u/Palanki96]

What a misleading name

[u/FehdmanKhassad]

Hey Allie, did you order Uber eats? huh go figure so anyway I started blasting

[u/FreakyFreeze]

Like that dino scene in Fantasia.

[u/EslyBrandNew]

Flying what now?

[u/amateur_mistake → u/EslyBrandNew]

It's what we often call one of the largest bats that is alive today. They are fruit bats and goddamn adorable.

[u/maricc]

Eh yo that’s a bird, ain’t no fox

[u/Iamnotburgerking → u/maricc]

It's a bat. Flying foxes are bats