Le rouleau de la mort du crocodile

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00:00 The idea of an unpredictable crocodile that haunts the swamps terrifies the inhabitants.

00:04 Children are forbidden to swim, but even on the shore, they remain in danger.

00:10 The shores are indeed very prone to crocodile attacks.

00:15 These are ambush hunters.

00:19 A strategy refined for millions of years.

00:26 Able to slow their heart rate to two beats per minute, they can stay underwater for an hour without breathing,

00:34 in the presence of a prey that would pass within their reach.

00:36 The attack is sudden and fast, but death can be slow.

00:43 The crocodile's teeth and jaws are not intended to chew,

00:51 but to firmly hold its prey, the time to gut it.

00:55 [Music]

00:57 They resort to their famous "dead roll" to tear pieces from the biggest prey.

01:05 The smallest are simply shaken until they become the bait.

01:10 (whooshing)