Crocodile Makes Insane, Gravity-Defying Leap Out of Water

Prepare to be amazed (and horrified). This incredible video shows a crocodile making a gravity-defying leap out of water “like a torpedo”:

Friends, sorry it took me a day longer to get this video out to you; I was on a one day assignment for @sciencemagazine and had limited access to Internet. But here it is!!! Crocodiles have incredibly strong tails. Their tails propel them in the water like torpedoes from a submarine. In fact, as you see here, their tails are so strong that they can propel their entire body out of the water. Crocodiles are so cool. Stay tuned for more amazing crocodile photos and videos. @eddiebauer #liveyouradventure

A video posted by Trevor Frost (@tbfrost) on Sep 11, 2015 at 5:58am PDT

National Geographic photographer Trevor Frost captured this incredible video while on assignment for Science Magazine.

A crocodile’s tail is solid muscle and “a major source of power,” according to the government of Australia’s Northern Territory. Their tails make them strong swimmers and capable of sudden lunges out of the water to capture prey. If that wasn’t scary enough, these strong muscles also mean that for shorts bursts of time crocodiles can move faster on land than humans can!

And if you’re still not freaked out, apparently they can climb trees, too. Crikey.