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00:00 The idea of an unpredictable crocodile that haunts the swamps terrifies the inhabitants.
00:04 Children are forbidden to swim, but even on the shore, they remain in danger.
00:10 The shores are indeed very prone to crocodile attacks.
00:15 These are ambush hunters.
00:19 A strategy refined for millions of years.
00:26 Able to slow their heart rate to two beats per minute, they can stay underwater for an hour without breathing,
00:34 in the presence of a prey that would pass within their reach.
00:36 The attack is sudden and fast, but death can be slow.
00:43 The crocodile's teeth and jaws are not intended to chew,
00:51 but to firmly hold its prey, the time to gut it.
00:55 [Music]
00:57 They resort to their famous "dead roll" to tear pieces from the biggest prey.
01:05 The smallest are simply shaken until they become the bait.
01:10 (whooshing)