The Crocs' Origin
Too bad you never find out how the 2 crocs got there and if they really did cross oceans since they were Asian crocodiles.
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Yes from what I've seen on the news and in those nature shows, crocodile are some scary creatures, and they do do get huge. The creepiest thing is that they love fresh water AND salt water. There have been programs with people who barely survived attacks on the beach and they do tell of how huge the croc was. something like 36 or 40 feet in some cases. Very scary. Can't imagine what it's like to be eaten alive by one of these things.
shareCrocs don't really "eat people alive" - they drag them underwater and let them drown. Crocs have VERY slow metabolisms and can stay submerged for close to an hour. They just grab their prey, and go under.
By-the-way... Great movie! I was pleasantly surprised. Crocs (of any size) in an inland freshwater lake is a great premise. I actually wanted the croc to get Betty White!
As far as how it got there, it has been long suspected that there are underground rivers running from New York state's "finger lakes" to the Atlantic Ocean. They have found MANY freshwater species, including sharks. Or they could have just been tossed in - like in the New York City sewer system.
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Actually, I just looked it up. The largest crocs out there are salt water crocs. And the biggest croc was only like 26 ft long. That's still huge.
shareAccording to this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile a male saltwater crocodile can reach a size of 30 feet (9 meters).
shareAccording to this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile a male saltwater crocodile can reach a size of 30 feet (9 meters).Mind you, that was an exceptional case and they didn't even know the creature's exact length. It was "measured somewhere between 27 and 30 feet" (8-9 m), which fits with the longest recorded length for the saltwater crocodile, which is 8,64 m (28 ft 4 in).
But such huge creatures are rare; the Wikipedia also says that the typical length is 4,70-5 m. 6-7 m would already be an exception, 8 m would be extremely rare and 9 m would be pretty much unique.
But hey, even 3-4 m is already a big-ass croc if you ask me.
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I've just watched the movie, and I'm fairly sure they were talking about the crocodile. One person asked if it was some sort fo mutant. The crocodile expert said, not necessarily. The one in the lake was about 30 feet, and the biggest recorded crocodile was about 27 feet.
They'll also sneak upon shoreline prey from underwater and then lunge out of the water to grab them. This has happened to people sitting along a shoreline who didn't realize a croc was anywhere around and that always freaked me out a little.
As for the movie, it has to be one of the worst movies ever made. I don't know how they were able to get so many good actors for it, because it's just bad.
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