One of the natural enemies of crocodiles, the "Brother Flat Head" otter.

One of the natural enemies of crocodiles, the "Brother Flat Head" otter.

The otter is cute from the outside, belonging to the family Mustelidae. It has a body length of about 560-800mm, a tail length of about 300-400 mm, a flat body, a slightly flat head, a short kiss, round and prominent eyes, small ears and short limbs. The otter has thick body hair, brown back and grayish brown abdomen.

This guy is good at swimming and diving. He has keen hearing, sight and smell. He mainly lives in rivers and lakes, especially in wooded streams and rivers on both sides.

The otter looks soft and cute, but it's actually fierce. Its main food is some fish and crustaceans.

The otter dares to eat crocodiles because it is smart and agile. It usually lurks in the water, approaches crocodiles with its superb diving ability, and finds the right time to attack.

It will suddenly jump behind the crocodile and bite the crocodile's neck, making it unable to move. Otter's teeth are so sharp that it can easily bite the crocodile's skin, and then it will grab the crocodile's meat with its two claws and eat it.

This scene is exactly the same as "Brother Flat Head" honey badger eating snakes after killing them, so the otter is called "Brother Flat Head in the Water".

When eating, it usually eats the crocodile's tail first, probably because the crocodile is too big, and the tail is the best place to enter.

Otters usually fight alone and sometimes in groups. A photographer once photographed seven otters killing crocodiles together, and the crocodiles died in less than three minutes.