Saltwater crocodile (Correction, American Croc) from kayak in Costa Rica.

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sevenrats - 6 years ago

Why are people so stupid in the comments? A species common name means nothing. Just because one species of crocodile is called a Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), it doesn't mean that others like the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), doesn't also live in saltwater.

Saltwater crocs only have that name because in Austrailia they have two major species of croc and one of them lives in freshwater and the other in saltwater. So that's what English speaking Australians named them. Below are all common names of (Crocodylus porosus).

Australian Saltwater Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile, 'Saltie', Indo-Pacific Crocodile (not generally accepted), Singapore small grain (probably due to resemblance to C. siamensis), Baya, Buaja, Buaya muara, Gator (regional Australian name, not to be confused with A. mississippiensis), Gatta Kimbula, Gorekeya, Kone huala, Jara Kaenumken, Pita Gatteya, Pukpuk (Aboriginal name), Rawing crocodile, Semmukhan Muthlelei, Sea-going crocodile, Subwater crocodile, Man-eating crocodile

Oscar Tamio - 6 years ago

Yeah its an american crocodile,if its a saltie you'd be dead

Joey Central - 6 years ago

Damn I thought only sharks were found in the ocean. No idea alligators swim there too.

Gus Alcon - 6 years ago

Here in Australia we have big salty crocs, It's not strange to see a croc in the sea.

Amelie White - 6 years ago

Ok the ocean is great and everything but I'm never getting in again

stevepwn - 6 years ago

i'd be afraid just being in the ocean in a kayak

Sidgerard - 6 years ago

Filming vertical: -10 style points
Using metric system: +10 style points
Being a badass: +20 style points

You sir have a score of 20 style points

Calvin Deo - 6 years ago

Dude crocks look at human as a food source don't take unnecessary risk

Russel Walker - 6 years ago

So they just hang around in the sea too? As if sharks and giant squid and godzilla weren't enough to worry about.

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Prynce Al - 6 years ago

Yeeeeaaa u dont wana be too close to him! I live in Florida and the gators try to avoid u but crocs will feast on ur ass for no reason!!

ninja - 6 years ago

guy is so brave

Killah Priest - 6 years ago

saltwater croc will just eat you whole... in straya you're not allowed to go on kayak in croc infested waters and theres a boat size minimum because theyre known to eat and kill peeps they can even cap size a small boat

Minnesota Fatz - 6 years ago

if you come across an animal that can easily kill you maybe you should head the other way.... especially if you're in water.

Polo Biscuits - 6 years ago

Only white folks.... SMH....not this cracker

The Kid From Florida - 6 years ago

I'd freak out

Moe - 6 years ago

Come on man! You should have pet him or hand fed him some of your bait.

awaaljowder - 6 years ago

This man got balls. huge ones

Kristen Harvey - 6 years ago

large scrotum. lol

Brennon Hobson - 6 years ago

No brains

LAKER SSGVL FATHERSOFBASS - 6 years ago

Wtf... you wasn't scared...

veda pierce - 6 years ago

Jesus ! you have both sharks + crocs in costa rica ?!? how fun !

20. comment for Saltwater crocodile (Correction, American Croc) from kayak in Costa Rica.

Samantha Tucker - 6 years ago

OMG I would of been scared. I would of been peddling my ass off. Lol They more scary to me than sharks.

Herman Melvellei - 6 years ago

The guy getting holding the camera is an idiot. What do you really expect from getting close to a huge aggressive reptile like this. I would have got the hell out of there before it could get close enough to lunge itself at me.

Victor Liu - 6 years ago

wtf is this gator doing in the ocean

Bary Baragon - 6 years ago

wtf are you doing calling a crocodile a gator?

  - 7 years ago

You know... you don't have to put corrections in the title. Just update it to a new title...

P/G and Dannyboy, Gaming, Vlogs and Covers - 7 years ago

Fun fact: Another name for the American crocodile is actually the "American Saltwater Crocodile"

Lauren Rose - 7 years ago

Catching up to him? Getting closer to him? Whyyyyyy?

Chelsea Fricke - 7 years ago

that was so cute it was just floating on by

DropPie - 7 years ago

GET THE ABSOLUTE FUCK OUT OF THAT WATER

Cmoney Dom - 7 years ago

Did he attack

Lance Clinton - 7 years ago

Nah man, he just got uncomfortable (like me) because I got too close and kind of made a quick move. It was enough to make me jump a little though.

ankit patel - 7 years ago

@1:25 i thought he is talking about that rocky hill that just looks like croc

Mister March - 6 years ago

hahahahaha woah xD

Lance Clinton - 7 years ago

ankit patel Haha, yeah it's pretty boring. Honestly I didn't really expect anybody would look at this. I should have edited out that first minute.

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florence icu - 7 years ago

See that's I don't go into the ocean with a damn kayak, that's a damn death wish

Thegreatjewkowski - 7 years ago

oh look a crocodile that could tear me to pieces with almost no effort, let me pull out my camera and get closer to him.

Freddy Frédière - 7 years ago

SA-OY-NA-RA-IN

Basement Dweller - 7 years ago

if that was a saltwater croc he would have snatched you out of your kayak

Lance Clinton - 7 years ago

better judged by 12 than carried by six. He'd have needed to be a few feet bigger too.

DELTA-SKY LIGHT - 7 years ago

There's never a Great White about when you need one.

Mister March - 6 years ago

DELTA-SKY LIGHT in that little boat that'd be fuvking terrifying i'd much rather have the crocodile around

Tar0mz - 7 years ago

How are you not afraid of being that close?

Mister March - 6 years ago

unless maybe he bumped it but even, I think he'd be fine if he stayed in the boat and rowed away. it's not likely to chase his unless it's very hungry

Mister March - 6 years ago

it's not gonna mess with him right there

DropPie - 7 years ago

Lance Clinton
You sir, must have some massive testicles. I idolise you

Lance Clinton - 7 years ago

Hi tar0mz, he was pretty small. He did make me jump a little at the end when he made a quick move. haha. For what it's worth, we have found ourselves almost that close to some pretty big ones while surfing down here. Easily twice that size.

Paulita Pelaéz - 7 years ago

I thought crocs are for rivers only? Never knew they are as well be seen at ocean?

Bary Baragon - 6 years ago

Crocodiles can tolerate salt water much better then alligators and caiman

Lea Winter - 7 years ago

Wow! Cool! I don't think I'd be brave enough to kayak where there are crocs.

Henry Liusdy - 7 years ago

Do salwater crocodile able to survive at the ocean? I know that crocs are dominant predator in river, murky water, or shallow water. But how about in ocean which is deep and contain lots of large predatory fish like sharks?

britneythao - 7 years ago

I dont understand why people make a vertical video??? So lack of view.
Have they ever thought of why people rather spend money at a cinema to watch a movie than sit their ass at home and watch??? Simple. Because the view is bigger!!!!!!

Lance Clinton - 7 years ago

Hey there Britney, thanks for the feedback. I'm a fisherman not a film maker. I was about two miles out on the tip of an island peddling my kayak beside a crocodile with a fishing rod in one hand and a phone in the other. Screen orientation was pretty far down my list of concerns. I ended up with some half ass footage that I loaded on youtube so that a few friends could watch. As it turns out this terrible piece of video has been seen by 100k people, most of whom seem concerned with my misnaming the crocodile and holding the camera the wrong way. I have another video on here where I am about 10 feet from a humpback whale. It is a much better video where I didn't mis-name the whale and I held the camera the right way and only 1,800 people have watched that one. Interesting world we live in huh? Anyway, sorry to disappoint you...your advice is duly noted. :-)

Bo Toichi - 7 years ago

Brave dude

SonoftheWay35 - 7 years ago

that's not a "saltwater croc" please change the title

toontownlegomaster - 7 years ago

Dude I'd never go back into the ocean if I saw that thing. Nah jk shits crazy tho.

array s - 7 years ago

saltwater crocs is the biggest croc in the world no? that was fuckin scary!

Mr Timo - 7 years ago

Turn the camera the other way around. It's 2017

coasteys coasteys - 7 years ago

fun mofoer

Kijiji King - 7 years ago

Baby American croc so no doubt.

gil randall - 7 years ago

too close

Last Outlaw - 7 years ago

Look at the croc carefully. It is an Orinoco crocodile

Last Outlaw - 6 years ago

gil7331 ya thnx a lot

gil7331 - 7 years ago

ALI RAZA wow. Good one. you might be right. you one upped all the know it all people on here that like to correct people that post stuff. I'm one of them. lol. I bet not too many people have even heard of the Orinoco croc.

Paul Saravia - 7 years ago

se lo comieron al serote

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Blair Dawes - 7 years ago

Read up on Val Plumwood- attacked in a canoe by a saltwater crocodile but managed to survive. These animals are sooo scary.

Ricky Mann - 7 years ago

Not a Saltwater Croc if you are in Costa Rica, what you encountered is an American Crocodile. Most crocodiles can tolerate saltwater more than Alligators & Caimans. Crocodiles are the most aggressive of the bunch and would avoid an American crocodile as much as I would a Nile or Saltwater variety

Stevey Irwin - 7 years ago

"sorry I flinched"

I god damn near fell off my chair!

Jason Gablaski - 7 years ago

It is not a Saltwater Crocodile. It is an American Crocodile.

Fort fish - 6 years ago

Jason Gablaski that said you are right though shitty face

Fort fish - 6 years ago

Jason Gablaski i wanna know what fucking superpowers you have to be able to tell from that video shitface

BHAD Khenny - 6 years ago

No it's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Achillies - 6 years ago

Really? No shit Man U must be a genius

MrBadApple999 - 7 years ago

Sooo why do you fucking swim and surf in these waters?

zen 101 - 7 years ago

Start to see the croc at 1:24

Zairul Salim - 6 years ago

zen 101 thanks I appreciate you

lol omg - 7 years ago

The crock was like excuse me but i know Im supposed to tear your limbs off right now but Im willing. to compromise if you just tell me how to get back .

KYstylereptiles - 7 years ago

American croc not a saltie. salties are found in Australia

Jacob Wenzel - 7 years ago

KYSTYLEREPTILES and the everglades

Junior Moemai - 7 years ago

KYSTYLEREPTILES yep your right and American crocs are not as aggressive as salties if a salt croc was in the water that guy would be dead

Boer Panther - 7 years ago

Crocodylus acutus is also named American salty by some people in America

Ralph Tobias - 7 years ago

he isn't gonna attack you he's on a vacation

Rodney Espinosa - 7 years ago

Ralph Tobias you made my day hahaha

VeriteMal - 7 years ago

and you didn't haul ass out of there?!?!

Stevo Canuck - 7 years ago

the ocean is fucking scary.

Roverfield - 7 years ago

Stevo Canuck for you

Johnie Sims - 7 years ago

Orinoco crocodile

Eggsdayz - 7 years ago

Live in Costa Rica, and a rather thin snout. Obviously American crocodile.

Rowan Sales - 7 years ago

That's most likely an American crocodile, saltwater crocs are only native to Australia.

Rowan Sales - 7 years ago

+Lucas Hood I knew that.

Lucas Hood - 7 years ago

Rowan Sales. The biggest saltwater crocs are in Thailand!

strake750 - 7 years ago

Rowan Sales and north to southern SE Asia

Drew Abegglen - 8 years ago

its an American crocodile but they do tolerate salt water just as well as the salt water crocodile. its not the same species as a "salt water croc" but it is in practice one. that's why you see salt water crocs so wide spread as well as the American croc. in their respective areas. I'm sure millions of years ago they were the same species.

xpat73 - 8 years ago

There are no Saltwater crocs in Costa Rica....or you would probably be dead. They are a different breed of croc.

sevenrats - 6 years ago

Saltwater crocodiles of Australia are one species of croc and American crocodiles are another species of croc. Saltwater crocs are not the only species of croc that live in saltwater. It's just a name not a description.

Alex Galindo - 6 years ago

Iraq Lobsta!! 45 you just gave me a villainous idea. Now the problem is i gotta learn how to catch young salties without dying

Shahira Omar - 6 years ago

xpat73 you mean species?

Captain Tyler - 6 years ago

Iraq Lobsta!! 45 I have many reptiles but can't believe people have the audacity to let it into the wild. If you're getting a pet, be prepared for how big it'll get. Good news for you, salties are VERY hard to keep as pets so I'm sure you'll be ok.
I live in rural Canada, and they just found a little crocodile in a bog right by my house someone let go because it was their pet and got too big. Like come on people. If you want a crocodilian, do your research first.

Francisco Fuentes - 6 years ago

Lance Clinton dude careful you dont want to end up on liveleak lol

Jayden Saw - 6 years ago

Hope Ful saltysss r in aussie and parts of asia

Hans miller - 6 years ago

xpat73 crock expert alert

Bush Wookie - 6 years ago

xpat73 what if someone let one go?

ehfoster456 - 6 years ago

SVTsupercharged no, you surfed with an American crocodile who was hanging out in salt water for the time being lol. There are no saltwater crocs in the americas

ehfoster456 - 6 years ago

irhungry66 there are not saltwater crocodiles in the americas. There are other croc species, but in Costa Rica there’s only the American crocodile and the spectacled caiman. Crocodiles can swim in fresh, salt, and brackish water, but that doesn’t automatically make them a “saltwater crocodile”. The reason salties have their name is due to their ability to tolerate water with high salinity for a longer period of time than any other croc species.

Paula Jewitt - 6 years ago

FAKE.

Rob S. - 6 years ago

American Saltwater Croc, not the Indo-Pacific Saltwater

Aura Darkness20 - 7 years ago

xpat73 true

Miranda Winters - 7 years ago

Jack ghost This is an America croc, they are just like saltys, they can live in Salt and fresh water.

SVTsupercharged - 7 years ago

Yes there are salt water croc's in Costa Rica. I surfed with them at Roca Bruja and Ollie's Point. They get huge, some up to 14 feet.

Jack ghost - 7 years ago

But the crocodile is in salty water so it must make him salty in some way?

Edbassmaster playlists - 7 years ago

N.O.Y.B M.F. yes crocs attack from the shore right? not on a boat but yes in the water i assume same with vids of sharks only curious probably

N.O.Y.B M.F. - 7 years ago

xpat73 .. You hear sbout the salty that jumped out of the water into a boat and killed everyone? no? thats because that shit doesnt happen in real life regardless of how big the croc is

Emeka Iheanacho - 7 years ago

xpat73 yes I agree... salties and Nile crocodiles are absolutely brutal killing machines

irhungry66 - 7 years ago

There are definitely salt water crocs in Costa Rica after witnessing a few myself. Crocodiles usually stay within their natural habitat, but that won't stop others from switching locations from time to time. How a saltwater croc can travel from southeastern asia to Costa Rica, I don't know. There have even been reports of Nile crocs in southern Florida even though they are thousands of miles away from Africa. Either these crocs can handle long distance swimming between oceans, or people are bringing these species to new environments in which would considered invasive.

xpat73 - 7 years ago

Don't get me wrong. I would not want to come up against any type of croc. I'm just making the point that Salties are apex predators and killers. Many times the victim will never ever see them.

xpat73 - 7 years ago

Doubt what?

Tricki Nicki - 7 years ago

Hopefully not, cause Salties there could endanger not only humans, but also the native crocodile population. At average Salties are bigger and way more agressive plus cannibals who will definitely attack other crocs.

Rizzle Dizzle - 8 years ago

xpat73 Doubt that

Iraq Lobsta!! 45 - 8 years ago

Yeah but they still kill several people a year. We have them in South Florida too, along with Alligators and Caiman. The Caiman aren't supposed to be there but people get them as pets and let them go in the Everglades when they get too big. I fear someday several people will get salties as pets and let them go in the glades. It would almost be like home for them. Stupid people

Lance Clinton - 8 years ago

+xpat73 Thanks for all the info. I don't really know my taxonomy but these guys are commonly seen in the ocean here. I see them regularly both fishing and surfing. Some of them are quite large...15' plus. This one was off the tip of an island over a mile from shore. I have no information on how dangerous these crocs are compared to others but there are occasional attacks here, some of which occur in the ocean and many of which have been deadly. Regarding your initial comment, I would not likely be dead regardless of what type of croc it was. This lil fella went about 6 feet.

xpat73 - 8 years ago

The type of croc found in Costa Rica is an American Crocodile - The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutes) - is nowhere near as aggressive as crocs found in Aus, and Africa.....

xpat73 - 8 years ago

+Hope Ful Google is your friend. It's a fact...Salties ...Crocodylus porosus are - are only in found in India, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Hope Ful - 8 years ago

+xpat73 How you know this? And why are you sure that another breed of crocs dont like people if they are hungry?

ITzsStriat Snake - 9 years ago

I am from Costa Rica and I love kayaking. At what beach was that?
Thanks

Lance Clinton - 8 years ago

+Aldo Gonzalez Hi Aldo, that was right off the tip of the island in Herradura.

salamandastron90 - 9 years ago

I love crocs and all, but I'd be scared half to death being that close.

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