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Those who have heard of the expression “biting off more than you can chew” can see it literally happening in a video that is doing rounds on Twitter. A huge crocodile takes a tortoise in its mouth and tries to crush in its powerful jaws but is unable to do so.
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How he let that happen pic.twitter.com/3I83VFNBOu
— Weird and Terrifying (@weirdterrifying) January 6, 2023
The tough-shelled does form a part of crocodile’s diet but at times the latter fails as seen in this footage despite having a bite force of 3,700 pounds per square inch. Having escaped the jaws of death, the tortoise manages to make a getaway.
