This is nature at its best. On a trip to India’s Jim Corbett National Park, one person witnessed not tigers as he had imagined, but a strange interaction between a crocodile and an otter with the prey-predator roles completely reversed! A crocodile basking in the sun was taken completely by surprise when an otter came and bit him on his tail!
Eye witness Raminder Singh, a superintendent from New Delhi who saw the incredible exchange, said to Daily Mail: ‘I was expecting to see a tiger or something as we heard some distressed deer. But as we looked down at the river we just saw this crocodile lazing around and basking in the setting sun.To our amazement, an otter started to move towards it. We were anxious in case he didn’t know the crocodile was there, but it certainly knew what it was doing.”
He says the otter went straight for the croc’s tail and nibbled it teasingly. The crocodile was quick to react but the otter was quicker and it went into the river instantly…safe and sound after the mischief.
As you can see, the otter definitely succeeded in scaring the crocodile!
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We were lucky enough to see the same thing today at Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary (near Mysore). There were 3 crocs basking quietly, each on a small rock. This pair went up to one, and while one circled at, the other went for its tail. The croc really got hassled! Then they chuckled (I imagine :)), dove into the water and went off to harass the others..they did this to all 3. Couldnt believe it, so delighted on Googling, to see these pics. Poor crocs, how can they maintain their scary reputation if the otters do this?!
That sounds so exciting Anjali! I’ve visited Ranganathittu but wasn’t lucky enough to see otters, though I did see a Eurasian Spoonbill trying to get too close to a croc. Did you get some photos? Do share if you did. You can send them to contact@indiasendangered.com and we would be delighted to publish them here.
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