Do crocodiles eat cheetahs?

A video has surfaced on the internet recently, showing how a crocodile devoured a cheetah cub, which had gone to the water's edge for a drink. Crocodiles are so powerful that even some of the predators like lions, cheetahs or tigers approach any pond or river in a forest cautiously because of their fear.
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Do crocodiles eat leopards?

Nile crocodiles have been known to eat leopards on occasion, and the spotted cats have shown up in the stomachs of mugger crocs in India.
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Does any animal eat cheetahs?

Lions, leopards, and hyenas will try to prey upon cheetah, particularly cheetah cubs.
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What is a cheetah's natural predator?

Predators of Cheetahs include humans, lions, and eagles.
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What eats a hyena?

Predators of Hyenas include lions, leopards, and crocodiles.
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Do lions eat cheetahs?

if you are wondering whether lions kill and eat other predators like cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas. The answer is simple, No, they don't. This raises the question of why, after killing hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, or African wild dogs (adults or pups), lions never consume them.
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Do crocodiles eat tigers?

A post-mortem examination revealed that the tiger was killed by a crocodile, Subrat Mukherjee, field director of STR, told The Hindu over telephone. “A hind-leg and femur of the other hind-leg were ripped out of the tiger's body.
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Do crocodiles eat lions?

The crocodile is simply too large and powerful for the lion to defeat. If the crocodile was able to ambush a lion that was drinking out water from a river, then the fight would be over immediately. The crocodile would drag the lion under and easily kill it.
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Who eats crocodile?

Due to the large size and highly aggressive nature of these apex predators, adult crocodiles have very few predators within their natural environments with the exception of occasional takings by big cats such as lions, jaguars and tigers.
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What animal can beat a cheetah in a race?

Pronghorn can sustain blazing speeds for miles, and in a distance, run would easily beat a cheetah without breaking a sweat.
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What kills a hyena?

Spotted hyenas usually are killed by lions due to battles over prey. Apart from lions, spotted hyenas are also occasionally shot to death by humans hunting game. Not only are spotted hyenas destroyed for their flesh, but also sometimes for medicinal purposes.
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Which animal can defeat crocodile?

Crocodiles have many different predators, such as big cats like jaguars or leopards, and big serpents like anacondas and pythons. Other predators of crocs include hippos and elephants. Baby crocodiles are especially vulnerable to predators, and they're hunted by herons, egrets, and eagles, and even wild pigs.
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Who would win crocodile or leopard?

A fight between the two could go either way. On land, a leopard could easily kill a crocodile if it would be able to surprise it. However, in the water, the crocodile has a clear advantage and it would be able to beat a leopard if it would drag it into the water.
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What animal has no predator?

Animals with no natural predators are called apex predators, because they sit at the top (or apex) of the food chain. The list is indefinite, but it includes lions, grizzly bears, crocodiles, giant constrictor snakes, wolves, sharks, electric eels, giant jellyfish, killer whales, polar bears, and arguably, humans.
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What big cat kills crocodile?

A male jaguar called "Scarface" attacks and kills a crocodile in the Pantanal River in Mato Grosso, Brazil. A male jaguar called "Scarface" attacks and kills a crocodile in the Pantanal River in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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Do sharks eat crocodiles?

A great white shark may take more than one hit and a lot of biting to beat a crocodile, but eventually, the great white shark will win. Sharks species smaller than a great white easily lose to crocodiles. The shark is always the prey when crocodiles and small sharks fight in shallow waters.
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What eats a hippopotamus?

Nile crocodiles, lions, and spotted hyenas are known to prey on young hippos. Beyond these, adult hippos are not usually preyed upon by other animals due to their aggression and size.
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Who is stronger tiger or crocodile?

In the water, if a crocodile surprise attack fails, the tiger has the edge. On the land, crocodile's chances for survival are almost impossible, and a tiger's strength, speed, and ferocity make it easy to kill a crocodile. Thus, the competition favors the great tiger, the strongest and largest big cat.
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What kills Nile crocodile?

An adult Nile crocodile doesn't have any natural predators. Humans are the only threat to them. However, baby Nile crocodiles fall victim to many predators including Nile monitor lizards, African fish eagles, snakes, and honey badgers.
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Do tigers eat cheetahs?

No, tigers don't live where lions and cheetahs do, but lions will definitely prey on cheetah cubs when they find them.
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What kills a cheetah?

Lions and hyenas will kill adult cheetahs, but cubs are especially vulnerable. Cheetah cub survival is only around 5% in East Africa's Serengeti plains, largely due to lion predation.
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