An monumental 1500-pound crocodile has been filmed consuming a shark in North Queensland, Australia as heavy rainfall pushed the 2 apex predators into sharing territory. In one picture, the crocodile could possibly be seen closing in on the 100-pound bull shark pup with its large mouth open broad, able to feast on its prey. Research scientist Mark Ziembicki claimed he noticed the crocodile “swallow the shark whole headfirst”.

The reptile was pictured in a second picture with the shark the other way up between its jaws, unable to flee its grim destiny.

This as soon as in a lifetime second was captured by analysis scientist and photographer Mark Ziembicki, 46, from North Queensland, Australia, throughout a go to to the east coast of Australia.

According to Mr Ziembicki, the mix of the current opening of the St Lucia estuary and extreme rainfall inland induced freshwater species to be washed downriver into saline coastal waters, resulting in the unlikely assembly between the 2 apex predators, which occurred simply 60 toes away from the place Mr Ziembicki was standing.

Mr Ziembicki captured the photographs utilizing a Canon 5D SLR digicam with a 300mm lens.

“While we were busy taking photos of another crocodile on the bank there was some commotion about one-hundred feet away,” he stated.

“A local resident of the area who was also there shouted that there was a croc eating a shark. We turned to see the shark thrashing away in the crocodile’s mouth.

“It spent about 10 minutes with the shark in its jaws, tossing it about. The shark gradually moved less until it was eventually swallowed whole headfirst. We were completely taken by surprise.

“We’d been observing both the crocodiles and sharks in the area for several hours and were wondering what would happen if the two might meet.”

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He added: “We had our answer I guess, although obviously there was a size mismatch on this occasion.”

Crocodiles have essentially the most highly effective chunk within the animal kingdom, exerting a pressure eight occasions larger than that of a fantastic white shark.

It comes after a bunch of shocked fishermen captured the second an enormous crocodile snatched a shark away from their boat.

Geoff Trutwein and Nat Barnes had simply caught the juvenile blacktip shark close to Wyndham, Western Australia when a 2.5-metre-long saltwater crocodile appeared and wrestled it away from them.

Cameraman Geoff, from Kununurra, Western Australia, stated the large reptiles “aren’t timid of people” they usually needed to be cautious as they'll “eat you”.

“I’ve been photographing wildlife for 30 years and I've seen the crocs around here a lot in my life but I've never had an interaction like this,” he stated.

“It was shocking. It was just incredible to see something so powerful up close and personal.

“This one was only young but it was still about 2.5 metres in length. I got as close to the side of the boat as I was willing to get as I didn’t fancy losing my fingers.”

Disclaimer: This story was first reported in March 2021.