Talia the saltwater crocodile showing how crocs are not just mindless killing machines but actually intelligent animals that analyze new prey and show caution around novel prey items. The natural inclination of a crocodilian is to eat food as quickly as possible so that a conspecific cannot steal that food right out of their mouth and eat it before they do. So they typically eat in a very quick and rushed manner which leads humans to think that they have no sense of taste or discernment about th