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Feb 2, 2021 · We've dug into the BBC Earth archives to bring you a compilation of the very best crocodile moments released on the BBC Earth channel to date.
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Feb 22, 2024 · And he's absolutely enormous 😱🐊Killer Crocs with Steve Backshall: Steve takes us into the dangerous world of crocodiles - one of nature's most fearsome pre...
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Aug 12, 2024 · Often he kills and then simply abandons the bodies. The ferocious predator is a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) living in Burundi. He makes his way between the northern edge of Lake Tanganyika and the Ruzizi River. ‘Gustave’ got his name from one of the herpetologists who studied him.
- The Saltwater Crocodile Is The Largest Crocodile Species in The World
- List of The Largest Crocodiles in The World
- Honorable Mentions
- The Largest Prehistoric Crocodile?
- The Largest Alligator?
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The saltwater crocodile (scientific name: Crocodylus porosus) is the largest crocodile in the world and the biggest of all living crocodilian species. Average-size males reach 17 feet (5.2 meters) and 1,000 pounds (450 kg), but specimens 20+ feet (6+ meters) long and weighing over a ton are not unheard of. Additionally, due to their size, aggressio...
Crocodiles are really large reptiles and can get enormous sizes both in the wild and in captivity. But, there are a lot of over-exaggeration and hoaxes about their size. So, how big are the largest crocodiles actually? The photographs you see are often manipulated digitally to make the animal look much larger than it is. Or, other techniques like t...
Gustave
Probably not the biggest ever recorded, but this large man-eater crocodile named “Gustave” is definitely the most feared beast ever. 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! (Note: I am really skeptical about this claim.) Gustave was named by Patrice Faye, a herpetologist who has been studying and investigating him since the late 1990s; much of what is know...
Utan
Previously, Utan was on my top ten largest crocodiles list, but I removed it. According to many sources “in the know,” he’s not as large as advertised (not even Cassius-large). Like Yai, Utan is also a hybrid breed between saltwater and Siamese crocodile. He was born in 1964 Utan is found at Samut Prakan crocodile farm, which is about twelve miles outside of Bangkok, Thailand. There he was named after the farm owner’s son, Utan Young Prapakarn. He currently lives in Alligator Adventure, a rep...
Sweetheart
Sweetheart was a huge saltwater crocodile responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia between 1974 and 1979. In July 1979, it was caught alive by a team from the Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission, but, unfortunately, drowned while being transported when he became tangled with a log. The crocodile’s mounted body is now on permanent display at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. A 2007 Australian independent horror film named Rogue, about a group of tourist...
In the prehistoric ages, some animals were much bigger than today’s counterparts – including crocodilians. Click to see what was the largest prehistoric crocodile.
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A necropsy is an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of said death. It’s interchangeable with autopsy but necropsy is typically used when dealing with animal carcasses.
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