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00:00 The riverbeds are battlefields where the vicious thrive.

00:05 The freshwater crocodile.

00:12 This smaller, slender cousin of the salty might not look dangerous, but don't be fooled.

00:21 This croc has speed and power.

00:26 [music]

00:36 But patience is its true virtue.

00:40 It favours the sit and wait method of hunting.

00:44 It allows its prey to come within range, moving with speed only when required.

00:54 The freshwater crocodile will eat just about anything it can find in the shallow waters of inland streams.

01:01 With a perfect hydrodynamic design, it propels itself through the water with a muscular tail, making up half its body length.

01:11 This crocodile knows that in this wetland there will soon be prey arriving from above.

01:22 Fruit bats, otherwise known as flying foxes.

01:26 These shady dealers prefer to do most of their business at night.

01:31 As the sun climbs higher in the sky, they compete for shade.

01:37 They're all at risk from the same danger.

01:42 Dehydration.

01:44 They need water.

01:47 [music]

01:52 They collect water by swooping low onto the surface, drenching their fur,

01:57 so they can lick off the moisture when they return to the roost.

02:02 Lurking below, a crocodile waits.

02:15 After a full day in the sun, it's charged up and hungry.

02:20 The crocodilian metabolism may lack stamina, but it still powers explosive bursts of speed.

02:32 Just missed.

02:36 [music]

02:49 This bat knows the croc is on the hunt, but desperate with thirst, it takes the risk.

02:56 It doesn't take long before other freshies join the feast.

03:05 [music]

03:11 As the darkness descends, the surviving fruit bats head out across the forests.

03:18 Australia's wetlands are truly deadly.

03:24 Fast swimmers over short distances, salties can reach 18 miles an hour.

03:33 They move upriver, each in search of a different meal.

03:37 Water buffalo wander across the wetlands.

03:45 Introduced from Western Asia, they now run wild.

03:49 They graze on aquatic grasses and other wetland plants.

03:56 The males can weigh up to one ton, eating up to 66 pounds of vegetation every day.

04:03 As the heat slowly rises, the buffalo move to the water to drink and cool down.

04:12 The female croc sees them.

04:16 She stays hidden, waiting for her moment.

04:24 Crocodiles haven't changed much since the time of the dinosaurs.

04:28 They're designed to ambush.

04:33 Only her eyes, ears and nostrils are exposed above the waterline.

04:41 But moving in for the kill, she disappears completely.

04:49 Muscles constrict her nostrils and her throat is closed off with a flap of skin,

04:54 preventing water from entering her lungs when she opens her mouth.

04:59 She targets one of the smaller buffalo that has wandered in too deep.

05:15 The notorious death roll finishes the job.

05:19 Meanwhile, the male has come across another thirsty local.

05:36 A wallaby, desperate for a midday drink.

05:43 The reptile's approach is silent.

05:47 The wallaby wanders into the boss croc's kill zone.

05:52 The beast hurtles from the water at 12 miles per hour.

06:02 He can't move his jaw from side to side and chew like a human.

06:10 The only way to break up his kill is to shake the carcass to shreds.

06:16 The crocs each return to their home among the mangroves to digest their meals.

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