Inside Natures Giants Episode 3 The Crocodile

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WARNING - contains EXPLICIT scenes of animal dissections.

Season 1 Episode 3 : The Crocodile

Inside Nature's Giants dissects the largest animals on the planet to uncover their evolutionary secrets. Most wildlife documentaries tell you how an animal behaves, but by dissecting the animal and studying its anatomy we can we can see how an animal works. Experts in comparative anatomy, evolution and behaviour will put some of the most popular and enigmatic large animals under the knife. Veterinary scientist, Mark Evans, will interpret their findings, biologist Simon Watts tests the animals' physiology in the field and Richard Dawkins traces back the animals' place on the tree of life.

The team uncovers the crocodile's incredible jaw muscles, as biologist Simon Watt travels to Florida to test the huge strength of the massive reptile's bite: the most powerful in the animal kingdom. But while crocodiles' spiked teeth are excellent for gripping prey as they plunge into a death roll, they are useless for chewing. So how do these animals manage to digest large chunks of raw meat and bone? As the experts dissect the digestive system and inspect the stomach contents for clues, they reveal the bizarre plumbing between the heart and the stomach that might provide the key to this puzzle. And they also solve the mystery of this crocodile's premature death.

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[littlesailboat]

lol yes big brother is a pile of crap

[tiltX]

amazing slow motion at 6:10!

[jimrbsn]

AWESOME series!

Thanks so very much for uploading these!

[extremeshinny84]

Excellent series, have watched them all in 2 days! Thanks for posting.

P.S. Yes great slow motion at the end, but its a little sad, cause I think I saw a joey fly out of the Kangaroos pouch at 6:28!

[WTP2k]

Brilliant episode. Great to see something non mammalian dissected and get an idea of some of the different structures crocs have

[MissBumbleBee333]

does anyone know if there will be any more episodes? i find these so interesting!

[tapiwakay]

Best documentary i have seen in a while...the satisfaction i got from watching it was equivalent to having an orgasm!

[MojoPin07]

Thanks for posting these videos - what an awesome show!

I loved the graphic that showed the evolutionary descent of the crocs; it's a difficult concept to describe and that was one of the best ways that I've seen.

(and yes, BB sucks!)

[tidusgriff]

the music when the slow motion is on is bangn any one know the name no?

[TheMasterSlasher]

Amazing!

[fguloglu01]

Nice show. I liked it except the words adapt / adaptation.