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Saltwater Crocodile - Data, Pictures and Videos
Saltwater Crocodile - Data, Pictures and Videos
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Saltwater Crocodile - Data, Pictures and Videos
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Size greatly varies between species. From the exceptionally small dwarf crocodile to the enormous saltwater crocodile, they range in all sorts of sizes. Large species can often reach huge sizes over 5 or 6 metres and weigh well over 1000kg. Despite their large adult size, crocodiles start their life interestingly small. Crocodiles when first hatched are around 20 cm. Sizes vary depending on the season and health and blood composition of the mother. The largest species of crocodile, also Earth's largest reptile, is the Saltwater Crocodile, found in northern Australia and throughout South-east Asia. According to some scientists, there are no truly reliable records of any non-prehistoric crocodiles over 8.64m.
In the town of Normanton, Queensland, Australia, there is a fibreglass mould of a crocodile called "Krys the Croc.," shot in 1958 by Krystina Pawloski, who found the animal on a sandbank on the Norman River. There is a report of a saltwater crocodile in Australia that was 8.2 m long. There is also a skull of a salt water crocodile from Orissa, India that is very large and the animal is estimated to have been 6.4 to 7 m long. The other two larger certifiable records of complete crocodile are both of 6.2 m crocodiles. The first crocodile was shot in the Mary River in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1974 by poachers and measured by wildlife rangers. The second crocodile was killed in 1983 in the Fly River, Papua New Guinea. In this latter crocodile it was actually the skin that was measured by zoologist Jerome Montague, and as skins are known to underestimate the size of the actual animal, it is possible this crocodile was at least another 10 cm longer.  *This image is copyright of its original author Sweetheart, a large saltwater crocodile that attacked boats The largest crocodile ever held in captivity is an Estuarine/Siamese hybrid named Yai (Thai: ใหญ่, meaning big) (born 10 June, 1972) at the famous Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, Thailand. He measures 6 m. in length and weighs 1,114.27 kg. Another huge captive crocodile was a saltie named Gomek. Gomek was captured by George Craig in Papua New Guinea and sold to St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida. Although George captured an even larger crocodile with Gomek, it is uncertain whether this animal is still alive on Green Island in Queensland where George Craig now lives. After many years, Gomek died of heart disease in February 1997. By this stage, he was a very old crocodile. When he died, he was 5.5 m long - as confirmed by St. Augustine Alligator Farm - and probably between 70 and 80 years old. On June 16, 2006, A 7.1m giant saltwater crocodile in Orissa, India was crowned the world's largest living crocodile. It lives in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and in June 2006, was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records. Link Wildlife experts, however, argued that the largest crocodile so far found in the Bhitarkanika was almost 7.62 m which could be traced from the skull preserved by the Kanika Royal Family. The crocodile, probably was shot dead near Dhamara during 1926 and later its skull was preserved by the then Kanika King. The crocodile experts said as per the parameters, the crocodile would be about 7.62 m since the size of the skull was measured one seventh of the total length of the body.    *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
@Pckts Yes, i doubted that. But I read in one article, muggers have a curved snout that is visible clearly where as salt water crocodiles do not have a curved snout. So, I thought it was salt water crocodile. But I am not 100% sure about it still. If that is confirmedly mugger, I would happy to remove this picture from this thread and post in relevant thread...
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Big Dinner ————— I watched and photographed the Nile Crocs devour a full hippo within minutes but, one particular croc really had my attention as seldom see such a big one… his head was over a metre long and he held on the leg of an adult hippo for the longest time while others took out small chunks. A late evening event much after sunset, photographed from the edge of the river surrounded by other crocs from behind a fallen tree trunk. Canon 1Dx + 600mm f/4 IS II on tree trunk South Luangwa NP, Zambia  *This image is copyright of its original author Richie Richard Wow.... Lovely.... I believe this hippo was dead... To feed on Like · Reply · 1 · March 26 at 11:06am  *This image is copyright of its original author Kanwar Deep Juneja Probably ... or badly injured in one of the territorial fights which are quite common in the dry season .. i reached just minutes after the mayhem began while the BBC Hunt crew came at the same time but, were filming from 15 feet above wink emoticon   *This image is copyright of its original author A 4.5-metre dead saltwater crocodile captured and killed by NT rangers sits in the tray of a ute in Palumpa in 2013.   *This image is copyright of its original author Ginormous Crocodile found, and Sadly killed in the Sarawak river in Malaysia! This males It clear that some of the biggest salties can be found in Malaysia!  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
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