--- title: Shark Week 2014: Crocodile Eats Shark description: 18-foot crocodile named Brutus ate a bull shark in Kakadu's Adelaide River on August 5, 2014, in the Northern Territory of Australia. canonical: https://time.com/3089162/crocodile-eating-shark/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Aug 7, 2014 5:26 PM UTC  KAKADU, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 05: A 5.5 metre massive crocodile makes mince meat out of a bull shark in Kakadu's Adelaide River on August 5, 2014 in Kakadu, Australia. The crocodile forced the bull shark into the mangroves and devoured the bull shark. A 43 year old Sydney father took these exclusive photos in the Northern Territory. (Photo by Andrew Paice/Getty Images) KAKADU, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 05: A 5.5 metre massive crocodile makes mince meat out of a bull shark in Kakadu's Adelaide River on August 5, 2014 in Kakadu, Australia. The crocodile forced the bull shark into the mangroves and devoured the bull shark. A 43 year old Sydney father took these exclusive photos in the Northern Territory. (Photo by Andrew Paice/Getty Images)Andrew Paice—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 7, 2014 5:26 PM UTC A dad on a family vacation snapped this photo of an approximately 18-foot crocodile chowing down on a live bull shark in Kakadu’s Adelaide River on August 5, 2014, in Australia’s Northern Territory. “The crocodile forced the bull shark into the mangroves and devoured the bull shark,” according to the [Getty Images](http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=crocodile&assetType=image) description of the photo taken by Andrew Paice, 43, who was on a wildlife cruise with his partner and seven-year-old daughter, the [AFP reports](http://news.yahoo.com/brutus-giant-crocodile-attacks-shark-australia-063616231.html). Believed to be 80 years old, this massive crocodile named Brutus has been a tourist attraction, especially after it reportedly [went viral in 2011](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2718627/Brutus-giant-croc-pictured-eating-bull-shark-star.html), thanks to a photo of the reptile leaping out of the water to devour a hunk of kangaroo meat that a tour guide dangled from a stick. Hopefully the shark population will be able to salvage its reputation as killer beast when Shark Week starts up again on August 10. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3089162/crocodile-eating-shark/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3089162/crocodile-eating-shark/"},"headline":"Crocodile, Whatcha Eating? 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