I know Darren posted about this last year, but it is just too cool not to share again:
For more on the fruit-eating habits of crocodylians, see Darren's post on the subject here.
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AWESOME. One of my favorite all-time Youtube videos. I especially like how the alligator seems to be excited about the prospect of making the watermelon explode, like he's done this before.
Wow! What a powerful animal. I wouldn't have been as close as the guy with the watermelon. Thank you for sharing, I'm going to check that post at TetZoo now...
I have an alligator snapping turtle named Mac who can do that with a liter bottle full of water.