Only their rear feet are webbed, and they are rarely used in movement underwater. On land, the crocodile walks on its short, seemingly weak legs. They bring their legs in close to their bodies and lift themselves high off the ground when walking. They plant their front feet, bring their hind legs around the outsides of the front legs, plant them, and then lunge forward with their front legs. The Nile crocodile will eat almost anything.
Hatchlings eat insects and minnows and, as they grow, move on to consume crustaceans and large fish.
Mature Nile crocodiles eat anything from fish and turtles, which they crack open with their powerful jaws, to larger mammals including baboons, hyenas, impalas, and wildebeest. It is not uncommon for these predators to kill and devour large and surprising prey such as young hippopotamuses, buffalo, giraffes, and even lions and porcupines. Although not common, Nile crocodiles will kill and eat humans. Nile crocodiles are strictly carnivorous, but there are unverified reports that they have been spotted eating vegetation. They certainly ingest vegetation accidentally when foraging among water plants for other prey.