Back to back, there were recent reports of giant crocodiles being captured in Georgia (yes, that American State) and the Philippines. Also, too, last year, a 15.4-foot saltwater crocodile (left) weighing in at 1300 pounds, was caught in Australia. This roughly 60-year old will spend the rest of his life at a crocodile farm.
The Georgia "monster," though, was relatively puny at 13 feet and 700 pounds:
Unfortunately, this 50-year old was euthanized, due to injuries.
Two days ago, a large crocodile terrorizing Balabac in the Philippines was captured and trucked to a crocodile farm. This one was 15.7 feet long and 1050 pounds, probably 50 years old, had killed a villager and injured others, while consuming countless dogs and goats.
If you look down the list of popular posts in the right column, you will come across--ABOUT THAT GIANT FILIPINO CROCODILE--a truly giant leviathan, captured in the Philippines eight years ago. Lalong, 21 feet long and 2370 pounds, became a celebrity. Unfortunately, he died 18 months later of pneumomia and cardiac arrest. He was the largest crocodile ever caught. You can visit his replica at the National Museum of Natural History in Manila.
How relatively insignificant were the Australian, Balabac and Georgia crocodiles? Well:- #10 on the list of largest is a 17.71 footer from Puento Noire beast from the Congo.
- #2, Dominator (right), is alive, 20 feet long, and somewhere in the Adelaide River of Australia.
- #3 Gustave (right), a Nile Crocodile, is just under 20 feet, but growing, has killed 300 humans in the Ruzizi River of Lake Tanganyika, and has resisted capture attempts for two decades. Watch this 55 minute National Geographic program entitled Capturing the Killer Croc.
- #5 Brutus, 18 feet 4 inches, is missing a leg, but still somewhere in that same Adelaide River, which is also home to whistling kites, bull sharks, speartooth sharks and largetooth sawfish.
- #6 and #7 are Yai and Utan, both around 18 feet long, Utan (right), a saltwater-Siamese hybrid, is 55 years old and weighs in at 2000 pounds. He can be seen at the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm, twelve miles outside of Bangkok. Yai, an estuarine-Siamese hybrid, can be visited at the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo in Bangkok. There are 100,000 other crocodiles at the farm. Yai was recently measured, and grew to 19 feet 8 inches, now considered to be largest in captivity. Below, Yai:
I'll be in Bangkok next month. Might go see Yai.
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In the Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclone Haleh is up to 109 MPH, and, being the sixth such storm, broke the all-time record for this region. However, Haleh will not make any landfall:
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