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In November 2011, British crocodile expert Adam Britton of National Geographic sedated and measured Lolong in his enclosure and confirmed him as the world's largest crocodile ever caught and placed in captivity. [5] [2] Lolong died on 10 February 2013 from pneumonia and cardiac arrest, after a little over two years five months in captivity. [6]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Large man-eating Nile crocodile in Burundi Gustave A photograph of Gustave for National Geographic, taken by Martin Best Species Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) Sex Male Hatched c. 1955 (age 69–70) Known for Allegedly killing up to 300 people Residence Ruzizi River and Lake ...
A crocodile shot in Odisha, India, [188] was claimed to measure 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) in life, but its skull, when given scholarly examination, was thought to have come from a crocodile of a length no greater than 7 m (23 ft 0 in). [189] A reported 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) crocodile was killed in the Hooghly River in the Alipore District of Calcutta ...
The biggest was 825 pounds and 13 feet, 6 inches. ... who caught the alligator on a guided hunt on Sept. 15, 2010. ... Roughly 300 alligators are killed each season, ...
Family had last seen woman the day before fatal encounter in Largo, Florida
A group of Mississippi hunters have broken the state record for the longest alligator ever captured in the state with a 14-foot-3-inch reptile weighing just over 800 pounds.
The largest true crocodile ever existed is Euthecodon which estimated to have reached 6.4–8.6 m (21–28 ft) or even 10 m (33 ft) long. [122] [123] Gharials are long, narrow-snouted crocodilians, and are among the largest species. A 6.55 m (21.5 ft) long gharial was killed in the Ghaghara River in Faizabad in August 1920. [124]
The 500 pound alligator was probably about 35 years old, judging by its 12 foot length. Of the 80 alligators killed in the Pee Dee region last season, none measured 12 feet or longer, according to ...