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Gustave is a man-eating male Nile crocodile that roams the Ruzizi river and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, Africa.Gustave is rumored to have killed as many as 200–300 people, but one researcher states the true figure is 60 people or fewer. [1]
Primeval is a 2007 American action-adventure horror film directed by Michael Katleman and starring Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, and Brooke Langton.Inspired partially by the true story of Gustave, a 20 ft (6.1 m), 2,000 pounds (910 kg; 0.91 t) giant, man-eating Nile Crocodile in Burundi, [1] the film centers on a team of American journalists who travel to Burundi to film and capture him.
Rusizi National Park is a national park in Burundi, next to the Rusizi River. [3] It is 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura and home to hippopotamuses and sitatungas. [4] Gustave, a Nile crocodile, is rumored to have killed 300 people here.
A widely publicized man-eating crocodile, Gustave, roams the banks of the Ruzizi River and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gustave, estimated to be about 6 metres (20 ft) long and to weigh about 900 kilograms (2,000 lb), is said to have killed and eaten many people. [16]
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The largest Nile crocodile accurately measured, shot near Mwanza, Tanzania, measured 6.45 m (21.2 ft) and weighed about 1,043–1,089 kg (2,300–2,400 lb). [1] Another large Nile crocodile specimen was purported to be a man-eater from Burundi named Gustave; it was thought to have been more
Numerous capture attempts have been made, including using a massive bear trap in 2002; however, Gustave has evaded capture. Gustave is the basis of the film Primeval (originally titled "Gustave"), which follows a news team sent to Burundi to capture Gustave; while doing so they become a target of a warlord in the midst of an African civil war.
The weight of Gustave, just by viewing a number of videos, is clearly in excess of 2000 pounds. This is an exceptionally large Nile crocodile which typically are not as heavy as Australian salt water crocodiles which can go to 3000 pounds or more. I believe the estimated weight of Gustave should indicate "in excess of 1 ton" at least.