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11/22/2023

Have you ever wondered what dinosaurs were afraid of?

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00:00 "Cabirro!"

00:02 Have you ever wondered what

00:09 dinosaurs were afraid of?

00:12 What creature in the Cretaceous period

00:15 made taking a drink of water

00:17 a dangerous gamble?

00:21 I'm talking about terror crocs.

00:24 No, not those crocs.

00:27 Dinosuchus.

00:29 Otherwise known as the terror crocodile.

00:34 What made terror crocs

00:36 such extreme predators?

00:39 If they were still around,

00:41 what would threaten their survival today?

00:44 And were they able to eat

00:47 dinosaurs' bones and all?

00:51 This is WHAT IF,

00:52 and here's what would happen

00:54 if terror crocs were still alive.

01:00 About 80 to 73 million years ago,

01:04 Dinosuchus ruled over the marshes and swamps,

01:07 and feasted on unsuspecting dinosaurs.

01:12 Fossils have been found showing that

01:14 terror crocs grew up to 10 m (15 ft) long.

01:18 And they likely weighed close to 5 tons (1.2 kg),

01:21 just about the size of a city bus.

01:25 They had banana-sized teeth,

01:27 and jaws powerful enough to crush bones.

01:32 Many terror croc fossils have damaged teeth,

01:35 leading paleontologists to believe that

01:37 terror crocs chomped on dinosaur bones.

01:41 But scientists aren't exactly sure

01:44 if terror crocs were hunters or scavengers.

01:48 So if they happened to roam around today,

01:52 would they hunt us?

01:57 This might surprise you,

01:58 but crocodile attacks are actually more common

02:02 than shark attacks.

02:04 And they happen around the world.

02:07 For many people,

02:08 the risk of being attacked by a crocodile

02:10 is a daily concern.

02:12 In fact, thousands of years of crocodile attacks

02:16 have contributed to our evolutionary fear of reptiles,

02:20 known as herpetophobia.

02:23 Like our fear of spiders,

02:25 we've developed this phobia over time.

02:28 It's a natural way that we protect ourselves.

02:31 Like modern crocodiles,

02:32 the Deinosuchus was more of an opportunistic predator.

02:36 If anything happened to come into its territory,

02:40 these giant crocs would gobble it up,

02:42 no questions asked.

02:45 Most crocodiles eat, on average,

02:47 50 meals a year.

02:49 As ectotherms,

02:51 they gather heat from their environment,

02:53 so they don't need to eat as much as some animals

02:56 to stay warm.

02:57 The Nile crocodile can eat up to half its body weight

03:01 in one meal.

03:03 If the Terror croc ate this much,

03:06 it could eat about 2,000 kg (1,000 lb) in a day.

03:11 That's about 36 average-sized humans for breakfast.

03:16 Crocodiles have a unique valve in their heart.

03:21 It increases blood flow to their stomachs

03:24 through a special aorta.

03:26 This allows them to secrete gastric acid

03:29 ten times faster than most animals.

03:32 This means that they can dissolve entire animals,

03:35 bones and all.

03:37 As terrifying as it would be

03:38 to see one of these giants walking down the street,

03:41 it's more likely that they would stick

03:43 to their natural habitat of marshes,

03:46 rivers and swamps.

03:47 So you would need to be extra careful

03:50 about where you go fishing.

03:52 Even though Terror crocs could wreak havoc

03:55 on our marshland habitats,

03:57 we'd still hunt them for their skins

03:59 and make luxury accessories

04:01 like handbags, shoes and belts.

04:04 Many crocodiles in Africa and parts of Asia

04:07 are also killed for their meat.

04:10 Unfortunately, the bigger an animal is,

04:12 the more attractive it is to trophy hunters.

04:15 But with conservation efforts around the world,

04:18 many endangered species of crocodile

04:20 have managed to survive.

04:23 Now, if you think Terror crocs are scary,

04:27 how would your life change

04:28 if the megalodon still roamed our oceans?

04:32 Well, that's a story for another WHAT IF.

04:37 ♪ ♪

04:42 (dramatic music)

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