Assertion: crocodile | /r/CapableOf | catch their prey
Facets:
value: in their powerful jaws
type: LOCATION
value: in the water
type: LOCATION
value: with the least possibility
type: OTHER
value: vertically
type: MANNER
value: always
type: TEMPORAL
value: into the water
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Crocodiles are very fast swimmers, which helps them catch their prey.
text: To jump out of the water and grab prey, the crocodile needs only 200 milliseconds.
text: Smaller crocodiles are able to take prey that weighs well over half of their body weight.
text: If they capture prey that is larger than they can eat in a single gulp, it is dismembered by gripping strongly with the teeth and rolling their body to tear the carcass.
text: Most animals are killed by the strong jaws, but drownings also occur since the crocodile always drags its prey into the water.
text: In South Africa, a game warden far from water sources in a savannah-scrub area reported that he saw a crocodile jump up and grab a donkey by the neck and then drag the prey off.
text: When a crocodile sees a prey on the riverbank it sneaks up to it and stays under the water, waiting for the right moment with only eyes and nostrils above the water surface, until it jumps out and pulls the prey under the water.
text: It can swim faster and make sudden moves when catching the prey.
text: They grab such prey in their powerful jaws, drag it into the water, and hold it underneath until it drowns.
text: The crocodile lunges its body out of water in practically the blink of an eye and grasps its prey.
text: However, this is an advantage rather than a disadvantage to the crocodile since the properties of the teeth allow it to hold onto prey with the least possibility of the prey animal escaping.
text: The immense size of crocodiles make it relatively easy for them to grab their prey.
text: When the unsuspecting victim gets within range, the crocodile launches an explosive attack, capturing the prey in its immensely strong jaws.
text: Once a crocodile has grabbed its prey, it will drag it into the water and pull it under.
text: Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water.
text: Crocodiles can catch their prey vertically!