--- description: In this video, a jaguar sneaks up behind a crocodile and attacks it before dragging it through the water. title: VIDEO: Watch a Jaguar Take Down a Crocodile image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Watch a Jaguar Take Down a Crocodile by [Kyle Chayka](/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2014 5:39 PM CUT by [Kyle Chayka](/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 3, 2014 5:39 PM CUT What’s that brownish lump floating on the surface of the river? A turtle? Some kind of plant matter? Oh no wait, it’s a jaguar, and it’s jumping out of the water and sneaking up behind that crocodile! OMG and clamping its mouth around the crocodile’s neck and dragging it back through the water like a proud house cat with a captured mouse. Well, guess we know who wins this battle of the animals. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2954500/video-watch-a-jaguar-take-down-a-crocodile/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2954500/video-watch-a-jaguar-take-down-a-crocodile/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Watch a Jaguar Take Down a Crocodile","datePublished":"2014-07-03T17:39:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:22.845Z","description":"Not the food chain you might predict","url":"https://time.com/2954500/video-watch-a-jaguar-take-down-a-crocodile/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","video","animal videos","Jaguar"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kyle Chayka","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2954500/video-watch-a-jaguar-take-down-a-crocodile/","name":"VIDEO: Watch a Jaguar Take Down a Crocodile"}}]}] ```