2007-01-09 08:01:26 · 6 answers · asked by spartan 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They usually don't have to. Their teeth and jaws will have usually completed the job before you drown. Sharks are known to "test bite" to see if whatever the object they have attacked is edible. If all seems well, the second and third strikes are usually fatal. You will most likely bleed to death before drowning occurs.
Animals like alligators have been known to use the drowning method to drag a creature into an element it is most comfortable with.
2007-01-09 12:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by friggin_express101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always. A really big shark may drag the prey down and chop it into bite-size pieces. Smaller ones are force to carve the prey piece at a time (and compete with other sharks). Crocodiles and alligators usualy don't "bite" pieces off, their teeth are not curring types. The silurians do a "death roll" and twist the prey apart--easier done in shallow water. If they do take prey down it usually is stuffed under a fallen tree or the bank, to decay a bit and be easier eating. Michael
2007-01-09 16:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by m_canoy2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose some do, however unlike crocodiles, sharks usually have a different approach to subduing their prey. While crocodiles drown their victims, sharks usually tear a hunk out and allow their victims to bleed to death.
2007-01-09 16:10:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the time they go way under, you are already coming out the other end.
2007-01-09 16:05:12 · answer #4 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they dag you out to sea
2007-01-09 16:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-01-09 16:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋