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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. ## Transcript Filmmaker Dave Riggs has been contracted to document Australia's first large great white shark tagging project. The teams' aim was to tag adult great white sharks, so they could study their patterns of movement along Australia's coast. I remember looking at one of them thinking, wow, she's just a magnificent looking animal. She was only three meters long. Didn't have a mark on her. When she first came in, she came in with a real swagger, like a real confident, bold move and then just pushed up against the dingy and gave us that opportunity to tag her. And he placed his tag perfectly. Code named, Shark Alpha, the healthy female left the scene without any sign of distress. Four months later, Shark Alpha's tag was found by a beachcomber. The device washed ashore two and a half miles from where it was attached to the shark. It's data revealed an incredible story. When I was first told about the data that came back from the tag that was on the shark, I was absolutely blown away. At 4: 00 am on Christmas Eve, the shark suddenly plunged at high speed straight down the edge of the Continental Shelf. It showed this profile going down the shelf to 580 meters and then a huge temperature change. Within seconds, the shark tag recorded a dramatic temperature shift from 46 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit. A temperature that could only be achieved inside the belly of another living animal. Question that not only came to my mind, but everyone's mind who is involved was, what did that? It was obviously eaten. What's going to eat a shark that big? What could kill a three meter Great White? The tag recorded 78 degrees for eight days moving between the surface and a depth of 330 feet before it was released. There was no doubt the seemingly indomitable Shark Alpha had been attacked and eaten by a super predator of the deep. [ MUSIC ] ```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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