Assertion: crocodile's prey | /r/HasProperty | large
Facets:
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: If the prey is large, a crocodile may grip portions of the victim in its jaws and rotate rapidly in the water to tear the prey apart.
text: Crocodilians are unable to chew and need to swallow food whole, so prey that is too large to swallow is torn into pieces.
text: When the prey is too large the croc will first try to drown it or crush it with a death roll.
text: Mammalian prey of juveniles and subadults are usually as large as the smaller species of ungulates, such as the greater mouse-deer (Tragulus napu) and hog deer (Hyelaphus porcinus).
text: In water, a crocodile will bite a large prey, say a gazelle, hold on, and then rapidly spin its body to weaken it as the limbs are torn off in what is called the ‘death roll’
text: Even small crocodiles are able to take relatively large prey, and nothing really stands a chance against a large male saltwater crocodile, which is capable of killing and eating pretty much anything that comes into its territory, including sharks and humans.