Jaws vs Lake Placid

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Impediment Endless

I've changed my answer to the croc.

Smarter, stronger, and more ferocious.

RJ 2.0 The Grammanator

Originally posted by SSJGGogeta
Yeah, LP wins here. He's a bigger, stronger, has a tougher hide, and his bite is inescapable here. If he gets Jaws in a death roll, there's not anything he can do. Not to mention that the shark is faster, but LP is a lot more agile, and can snap his body around much faster than Jaws can. This all points to LP's favor, plus the fact that he dragged a helicopter underwater from the air.
Jaws matched the helicopter feat in Jaws 2.

Esau Cairn Contagious

Er LP getting stuck in a helicopter isn't really considered a feat...

juggerman Senior Member

I know the Crocs have bad eyesight underwater. That could play a huge roll here. Unless Sharks also have bad eyesight....

Kazenji Onyx Prime
Originally posted by juggerman
I know the Crocs have bad eyesight underwater. That could play a huge roll here. Unless Sharks also have bad eyesight....

Actually they can see underwater

When under water, a special transparent eyelid protects the crocodile’s eye. This means that crocodiles can still see when they are completely submerged.
juggerman Senior Member

They can still see but their eyesight is bad.

EDIT: Apparently they are farsighted and have trouble focusing on ojects that are very close.

http://www.okavango-croc.com/2011/06/crocodile-eyesight-underwater.html

First thing i found on google. I'll keep looking tho

Kotor3 Senior Member

Originally posted by FrothByte
The shark is faster in the sense that it can reach higher top speeds, but I'm not convinced it's that much more agile. It's not like it's a dolphin.

You are highly underestimating the agility of a Great White. Great Whites chase and attack seals and dolphins who are extremely agile. Great Whites have been caught on film doing front and back flips out of water when chasing down seals.

Originally posted by FrothByte
Besides, the croc is able to flip over in water, how is the shark going to attack it from underneath when the croc can just curl up and face down? I assume that in this scenario, both combatants are aware of each other so no surprise attacks right?

Yes to make the match fair both are aware of each other.

Originally posted by FrothByte
As for how the croc is going to stop it from moving, well obviously if they get into biting each other and end up in a deadlock, the shark will then start to drown which is a big disadvantage.
If the shark gets a bite on the croc, the croc can still fight back even if the shark starts thrashing it around. If the croc gets a bite on the shark and then does its death roll, the shark can't breathe and will also probably go into tonic immobility.

Looking at some basic advantages:
• Weigh goes to Jaws who would have a least a 2 or more thousands pounds over the croc.
• Speed Jaws would be able to reach a higher speed in faster time and is built to ram objects or prey.
• Jaws tank a lot more damage than the croc.
• Jaws also I would say is stronger as nothing was able to keep him above water, (barrels, harpoons,) and took down a boat.
Now scenario, if both were to charge each other, there is absolutely nothing I see to make me believe that the croc could withstand a ram from Jaws.
When I’ve seen attack from sharks they usually ram the object from the side or underneath and then come back in for the bite or kill. If the croc is not able to land a bite on Jaws face which I do not see happening, he is going to get rammed and then killed before he can recover.

RJ 2.0 The Grammanator

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Er LP getting stuck in a helicopter isn't really considered a feat...
Explain?

Robtard Senor Member

First helicopter feat:

YouTube video

The second helicopter scene has the croc getting trapped inside, which isn't a good feat for the croc.

jinXed by JaNx Senior Member

One of my friends brought up a scenario earlier today of wild predators fighting each other. For some reason i thought of this thread. Since then i actually started thinking a bit more seriously on it. I began to think, the Croc has a better chance than i originally thought. Although i still think it probably comes down to which one gets the best bite grip first i think the Croc may have a better chance of getting free from a death grip. Given the Crocs size, hide and rolling ability i think it may be pretty easy for him to get free but Jaws still has the agility and speed.

TheGrat1 Senior Member

Jaws. Heavier, faster, superior underwater senses (can sense eletrical impulses in other animals, superior sense of smell). This is essentially an F-22 Raptor vs and A-10 Warthog. Sure, the A-10 is sturdy, but the F-22 is faster, has stealth, and superior avionics and sensors. The fact that this takes place in the ocean is all the reason I need to say Jaws wins this. He'll most likely just ram the crock from beneath and gets it's relatively soft underbelly.

Originally posted by FrothByte
Guess everyone is dismissing the fact that sharks need to continuously move forward otherwise the can't breathe, and if you flip a shark on its back it becomes immobile.

Few other stuff: shark bones are made of cartilage. Shark's are unable to swim properly if one of their fins is taken off.


Crocodiles and alligators also go into tonic immobility when they are flipped on their backs. The momentum of the death roll is the only reason they don't go limp when they do the roll themselves.