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From the article: "Although these crocodiles spend most of their lives in saltwater, they cannot be considered marine reptiles the same way sea turtles are, because the crocs rely on land for food and water."

and you trust the journalists to get that right? salties have no problem drinking salt water atleast for awhile.....if they had no way to get rid of the salt how would they eat anything in salt water? crocs tend to eat in the water and when they do so injest a good amount of water.....a saltie aint gonna haul something it kills in saltwater up on land just to eat it...

No one said salt water was toxic to salt water crocs. Apparently, however, they require a not so salty water supply for life sustaining body hydration, as they are not actually marine reptiles despite the fact that they live mostly in salt water.

Ohhh....I thought Bart was walking on water

long term its in the crocs best interest to find fresh water to drink....short term island hopping, drinking some saltwater aint gonna hurt them......their systems can deal with the excess salt....

I had no idea. As another poster said now it's not only sharks we have to watch for when diving or snorkeling.

When I was living up in PNG we would go for a drive to Oro Bay occasionaly for a change of scenery. The locals there would tell us "don't swim in the creek (tidal estuary), big pela puk puks (salties)live there" but they were quite happy to swim off the beach only 400metres from the mouth of the creek. I was quite happy to sit on the beach and look at the sea. Anyway if the puk puks didn't get you in the sea it would be a conefish or a marine stinger or a seasnake or a.......
On land at least you only had to worry about malaria carrying nat nats (mosquitos).

New thread: Crocs vs Pitbull terrier. :-)
pak

A [bleep] can easily whoop a croc with a belly full of salt water and pitbulls.

Oh, no contest. Nothing beats a Pitbull in its own weight class. Any decent 50-60 pound Pitbull would make short work of any like-sized croc.

Troll a pit bull down the Kissimmee. They make good bait for the big ones.

Even in the water?

You'd end up with a croc being made the unhappy plaything of a happy water-skiing Pitbull.

How deep? If the Pitbull has to swim, I think that gives the edge to the croc.

Land or water that croc would be makin little pit bull turd balls in no time.
Gunner

You don't know Pitbulls.

And they do make fine belts, boots and wallets. Crocs not pitbulls. Maybe pitbulls make leather goods I know they are very versitle the well bred 'bulls that is. :0). I suppose it is hard to sew without an opposable thumb.

Damn. Beat me to it.

Easy way to find out...

This article makes me wonder how many ancient stories about sea monsters were the result of a salty trying to climb aboard a boat that was mistaken for a convenient landfall full of snacks. Or how many "Sea Serpents" were actually salties riding the currents?