It is a large male Nile crocodile from Burundi, and is rumored to have killed as many as 300 humans from the banks of the Ruzizi River and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika! Lolz, that Brutus reminds me of crocodile movies. Cassius is missing his front left leg and tip of his tail due to vicious fights. Lolong was suspected of eating a fisherman who went missing in the town of Bunawan, and also of consuming a 12-year-old girl whose head was discovered two years earlier. “because of the difficulty to capture such a large monster, the accuracy of the measurement is yet to be verified”, “The minimum acceptable criteria for record-breaking crocs should include a tape measure along their back, because “big fish” stories outnumber accurate estimates by several orders of magnitude.”. Fossil Crocodile Jaw and Skull. It seems the Guinness World Record book has accepted a claim that a 23 ft (7.01 meters) giant male saltwater (named Kalia) crocodile weighing 2,000 kg lives within Bhitarkanika Park in the state of Orissa, India, but because of the difficulty to capture such a large monster, the accuracy of the measurement is yet to be verified. It was started in 1976 by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker and his wife Zai Whitaker. So, I asked him via twitter what did he mean by that. If those figures are true then DCL:TL ratio would be 1:9.5, sufficiently high for minor skepticism but still feasible. The nongovernmental organization activist Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc., with the cooperation of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, had urged the local government of Bunawan to return Lolong to the creek of barangay Nueva Era, where the giant reptile was captured. 791k members in the reddeadredemption community. Photo: animalsunlimited.co.uk. I’ll grant you, your quote is off by barely more than two inches. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Wonderful article. They say Ron’s originals were lost “in the 1974 floods”, but surely a story about a critter thi… But if this is true, then why is there no photo of Krys the Croc in the museum? They in fact have the odd fight. another link that has many photos, also a photo of the plaque that gives the details about the croc, 8.62 metres. "We caught that one up … No. Yeah man your absolutely right and its just next to my country. I happened to be at the Daly River crossing at the local pub. Bujang Senang was killed on May 20, 1992. This is a technique that uses optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. Apparently this is the largest single incident of human death by croc. This would include Saltwater crocodiles, Nile crocodiles, American Alligators, Great White Sharks, Anacondas, Reticulated pythons, and African Rock Pythons. I’ve been keeping an eye out for Gustave sightings since 2008. I am skeptical about this claim, while it is much larger than any other accurately reported measurement. In the video above, you see George Craig, the capturer, and caretaker of Cassius. Largest Great White Sharks Ever Recorded Click on the link or on the image below to see 20 amazing crocodile facts. I can say 60% Sarcosuchus, 40% Deinosuchus. Lapu-lapu is a large saltwater crocodile captured in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines. Normanton has a much photographed statue in the main street which is a life size replica of the biggest crocodile ever captured in Australia. He shares the same territory with another saltwater giant Brutus (Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia). Feeders and caretakers can clean him, and touch him without fear. Here are the unconfirmed candidates of the world’s largest crocodile title: After Lolong, the best-documented evidence of a record-sized crocodile comes from Obo village on the Fly River in Papua New Guinea (Montague 1983). protected since the seventies. The Largest Alligator Ever Measured This is a very interesting list, and it is extremely helpful to me as a crocodilian enthusiast. November 7, 2016 – A huge crocodile, over 17 feet long, was captured in Matara, Sri Lanka. Measured at 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m), and weighed 2,370 lbs (1,075 kg), Lolong was the largest crocodile in captivity. Hi, here are some big Salties that might be of interest to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1gs4HFVAIA&feature=youtu.be It is believed to be the biggest crocodile ever measured. The minimum acceptable criteria for record-breaking crocs should include a tape measure along their back because “big fish” stories outnumber accurate estimates by several orders of magnitude.”, Probably not the biggest ever recorded, but this large man-eater crocodile named “Gustave” is definitely the most feared beast ever. Here are the top 10 largest crocodiles ever recorded. Crocodiles (subfamily Crocodylinae) or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia. In 2002 it was stated that he could be “easily more than 20 feet (6 meters) long”, and weigh more than a ton. Sweetheart was a huge saltwater crocodile responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia between 1974 and 1979. Bujang Senang was a massive saltwater crocodile and it was living in Borneo. @Our Planet: Krys the Crocodile was a real bruiser of a croc and legend has it that this was the largest recorded saltwater crocodile in the world. on the nose.”. I used to do the feeding shows without the tongs, holding the nutria by the tail. The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Thanks for the comment. I gather that you did not find enough compelling data to mention that. I live in The territory. Jaws III is at least 17 feet (5.2 m) long and weighs over a ton. It’s not a stretch at all to believe that a croc can grow to that size in a place with so much wildlife. We hopped out of the vehicle, assuming the model was exaggerated in size – something akin to the ‘Big Trout’ in Adaminaby or the ‘Big Pineapple’ in Woombye. See the videos below, beautiful people of Sri Lanka worked really hard to save this amazing huge crocodile.eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'ourplnt_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_2',195,'0','0'])); Jaws III is a huge saltwater crocodile living in the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology, a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located 40 km (29 mi) south of the city of Chennai, in state of Tamil Nadu, India. – Dau Sau, another huge saltie skull found in Vietnam. 1.8k votes, 82 comments. longest crock 23 foot give me a break there are any amount of 20 footers in nit and top of queen’s land now. There he was named after the farm owner’s son, Utan Young Prapakarn. He listed Yai on his website crocodilian.com as of 2009 as the largest crocodile in captivity, and also commented on him as being certainly bigger than Cassius, as you had said on the list. Krys was shot on the MacArthur Bank, Norman River, down stream from Normanton in July 1957 by Krystina Pawlowski, one of the many crocodile shooters operating in that area at that time. According to this 2008 Australian newspaper article, it was July, 1957. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/death-of-a-monster/story-e6frg6z6-1111118162303, in those days, crocs were huge. Britton concludes: “It would have been ideal to leave Lolong in the wild, but does such specious thinking have a place in our overcrowded world? Many readers who’ve travelled the same way know that we’re talking about the massive replica of a saltwater crocodile along Normanton’s main street. Crikey, That is a big Saltwater crocodile to keep at home. To convince Britton, he’d want to see witnessed measurements or strong physical or photographic records. So, off to the website we went. Romulus Whitaker says “He (Jaws III) is my favorite here. Krys is described as a talented hunter who would later lay claim to having shot the largest crocodile on record. He certainly is the Krys Savannah King! Check it out, it has a great backstory. Perhaps his death can be a lesson for us.” (I recommend you to read Dr. Britton’s great article titled “What really killed Lolong?” on his blog.). Claim: A photograph shows a 28-foot-long crocodile that was killed in Australia in 1957. This is the place where the ill-fated explorers made camp before their final unsuccessful attempt to see the briny-stuff before commencing their long slog South again. Yai is an estuarine-Siamese hybrid. https://www.google.co.in/search?q=23+foot+crocodile+in+bhitarkanika+park+india&biw=1252&bih=602&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB8QsARqFQoTCPvvnYfTtsgCFQMjjgodsCwEUw#imgrc=D0e3CW8rk2ZFAM%3A this is the 23 foot giant crocodile. The giant crocodile was hunted over a period of three weeks; once it was found, it took around 100 people to bring him onto land. The crocodile was named after Ernesto “Lolong” Goloran Cañete, one of the veteran crocodile hunters from the Palawan Crocodile and Wildlife Reservation Center, who led the hunt. So, where is the evidence? Well, maybe you’re right. Since Gustave has not been captured, his exact length and weight are unknown. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329771316_Historical_exceptionally_large_skulls_of_saltwater_crocodiles_discovered_at_the_Lee_Kong_Chian_Natural_History_Museum_in_Singapore To our surprise, the signs next to the croc and in the nearby museum, reckon it’s genuinely life-size. He was captured with the joint cooperation of the local government unit, residents, and crocodile hunters of Palawan. Unusual Cretaceous Crocodile Tooth on Original Matrix Aguja Formation 0242. Sad news I updated the article. question animalwarz user at youtube and comment at video deinouchus vs sarcosuchus and tell him sarcosuchus will won. Crocodiles are one of the most well-known and fearsome animals in the world. He currently lives in the same enclosure that used to contain Lolong, and while he’s not as large, he’s pretty damn big – said to be 18 feet long. !…..was he BIG, MASSIVE, A DINOSAUR lost in our time!!!!! The crocodile was captured in 1987 in the Finis River in the Northern Territory after attacking boats and causing a nuisance. I updated the article. He admits, though, Cassius would eat him given the chance. In northern Australia there is a lot of unexplored country and few people live or ever go there…and I remember reading that saltwater crocs get to around 30 feet up there. They do mention a group of a thousand Japanese fighters in WWII, 980 of which met their death crossing a croc infested creek in Burma. But we’ve been around long enough to know that hunting and fishing yarns always get better with age. Previously, Utan was on my top ten largest crocodiles list, but I removed it. $115.00. 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 Book’s notes then indicate this record is being revised by National Geographic based on new evidence. They get upset when we tell them he passed away.”. Yet at the same time, we can’t simply remove all wild animals simply because it makes us feel better, or safer. – Pangil. I’ll be glad if you post the picture! You realise that brutus picture is photoshopped, right? It was hunted for its skin throughout its range up to the 1970s, and is threatened by … It’s just a hunter’s claim if I remember well, but there’s a claim of a 6.32 m long saltie with a belly girth of 2.74 m from The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Then he reported the incident to the officials, and an operation has been conducted to catch the crocodile. THE DEINOSUCHUS IS HAVING POWERFUL JAWS AND HAD DEATH ROLL. Statistically, the story is extraordinarily improbable. It seemed as if he was very well taken care of though! There’s a saltwater croc skull in the Paris Museum, originally from Cambodia, that’s 76 cm long. It's hard to miss and pretty hard not to stop and take a photo of it/with it. The truth is unlikely to be far from these figures and there is a strong sense that 7 m (23 ft) is likely the maximum possible length for C. porosus. He was estimated to be at least 50 years old. We can compare this with another slightly smaller skull (currently in the private collection of Shivendra Narayan Bhanja Deo, the Yuvaraj of Kanika in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa) of DCL 730 mm (28.7 in), originally from the Indian Bhitarkanika province, reported to have come from a 7 meters (23 feet) C. porosus. Perhaps the closest we’ll get to the truth about Krys the Croc is by reference to a scientist who’s got nothing to lose but his reputation. there was a 29 foot croc killed down at the daly river. Here is a photo of Smaug the crocodile. But how many meters are they actually? http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-crocodilian. This specimen had a belly girth of 2.74 m (9 ft 0 in).”. That’s why it never appears in any official statistics. We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. The effect is that it’s near impossible to work out how big the damn croc was by looking at its photo. I added him to the list. Even my NJROTC’s book for sizes for marine biology listed several animals bigger than, what I have seen today. Crocodile Dundee (1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. What about Gustave the Nile Crocodile estimated to be 20ft ++. Scientists and herpetologists who have studied Gustave claim that his uncommon size and weight impedes his ability to hunt the species’ usual, agile prey such as fish, antelope, and zebra, forcing him to attack larger animals such as hippopotamus, large wildebeest and, to some extent, humans.