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Gomek in 1989 (aged 62) Gomek (1927 – March 6, 1997) was a large saltwater crocodile captured by George Craig in Papua New Guinea in 1968. [1] He was purchased by Terri and Arthur Jones in 1985 and was kept in Ocala, Florida, for five years before being sold to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in Florida.
The black caiman is the largest caiman species in the world and is found in the slow-moving rivers and lakes that surround the Amazon basin. The smallest species is the Cuvier's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus), which grows to 1.2 to 1.5 m (3.9 to 4.9 ft) long. There are six different species of caiman found throughout the watery jungle ...
The black caiman is the largest predator in the Amazon basin and the largest member of the Alligatoridae family, making it one of the largest extant reptiles. [18] [19] It is also significantly larger than other caiman species. Most adult black caimans are 2.2 to 4.3 m (7 ft 3 in to 14 ft 1 in) in length, with a few old males exceeding 5 m (16 ...
In the video above, hikers at the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida, marveled at the sight of this gigantic gator casually sauntering across the trail. Known to the locals as “The Big ...
Family had last seen woman the day before fatal encounter in Largo, Florida
A massive alligator, nicknamed Fabio by locals, strutted across a Florida reserve path to the shock of onlookers, a video shows. “He’s definitely 12 feet long, possibly a few inches more ...
Deinosuchus (/ ˌ d aɪ n ə ˈ sj uː k ə s /) is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian, related to modern alligators and caimans, that lived 82 to 73 million years ago (Ma), during the late Cretaceous period.
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 ...