{"id":262877,"date":"2026-02-01T19:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262877\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:24:07","slug":"formidable-brutal-power-of-crocodiles-revealed-in-staggering-slow-motion-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262877\/","title":{"rendered":"Formidable, brutal power of crocodiles revealed in staggering slow-motion video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nile crocodile is Africa&#8217;s largest crocodilian, growing up to six metres in length and, in some cases, weighing more than half a tonne.<\/p>\n<p>These enormous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/deadliest-ambush-predators\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ambush predators<\/a> live in rivers and freshwater wetlands, where they feed on a range of prey, from fish, frogs and crabs, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/wildebeest-facts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wildebeest<\/a>, antelope, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/facts-about-zebras\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">zebras<\/a>, birds and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/facts-about-hippos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hippos<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/reptiles\/crocodile-vs-alligator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nile crocodiles<\/a> can be found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, including in Tanzania. This astonishing footage shows two adults fighting in a river in Serengeti National Park, a vast landscape of savannah plains, rivers and rocky outcrops in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mesmerising slow-motion footage of two Nile crocodiles brawling in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Top image: Niles crocodiles. Credit: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nile crocodile is Africa&#8217;s largest crocodilian, growing up to six metres in length and, in some cases,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-262877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}