A mother is watching her child playing by the banks of the Zambezi when to her horror a crocodile graps him by his legs. The woman exclaims and begs (in crocodile languange) the crocodile to take pity.
"All right," says the croc, "I'll give you a fair chance. I'll let your brat go free if you guess what's going to happen next! If you guess wrong, I'll gobble your boy up!"
At this, the woman thinks she has a chance. After thinking carefully, she replies confidently.
But why is the crocodile smirking?
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This problem is similar to the Hanging Judge problem. It comes in 2 parts. What did the mother say? Why is the croc smirking? The 1st question should be chicken feet for ya.
The mother, hoping to trap the croc in a paradox, asked, "You'll gobble my boy up, isn't it?"
However, the cunning croc just smirk. "It takes a lot to outsmart a crocodile, you know?"
The hopeful mother overlooked one thing. Unlike the problem in The Hanging Judge, the paradox is not complete. The crocodile can gobble the child as long as it gobble the mother first.
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