Saltwater Crocodile - Data, Pictures and Videos

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The largest confirmed saltwater crocodile on record drowned in a fishing net in Papua New Guinea in 1979, its dried skin plus head measured 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) long and it was estimated to have been 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) when accounting for shrinkage and a missing tail tip.

However, according to evidence, in the form of skulls coming from some of the largest crocodiles ever shot, the maximum possible size attained by the largest members of this species is considered to be 7 m (23 ft 0 in).

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication...hilippines

A research paper on the morphology and physiology of crocodilians by the government of Australia estimates that saltwater crocodiles approaching sizes of 7 m (23 ft 0 in) would weigh around 2,000 kg (4,400 lb).

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