World's Largest Crocodile

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A saltwater crocodile weighing more than a ton and suspected of killing two people in the Philippines has been declared the largest such reptile in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 6.17-metre (20.24-foot) male, nicknamed "Lolong", was captured in the Agusan marsh on the southern island of Mindanao last September after a two-year search following the killing of a girl and the disappearance of a fisherman.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dgQatR0Iav6LeaI0q8okv1UWAahW271x6hFpAuSKEePfDCosGtKEo67d-O735ng90Mzp_Kcc-ArO9-cHAZpNa09u-JFeyfCjBtFr5kiUdoY049OYuFHabQ_a_r4w8LIcXK_x4Jv1W2o/s1600/lolong+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" id="postimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dgQatR0Iav6LeaI0q8okv1UWAahW271x6hFpAuSKEePfDCosGtKEo67d-O735ng90Mzp_Kcc-ArO9-cHAZpNa09u-JFeyfCjBtFr5kiUdoY049OYuFHabQ_a_r4w8LIcXK_x4Jv1W2o/s640/lolong+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The largest crocodile in captivity is Lolong, a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), who measured 6.17 m," Guinness said on its website. "Lolong's weight was also measured at a nearby truck weigh-bridge and verified as approximately 1,075 kg (2,370 lbs)."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Nb8FQgr_iuO3CC56NtnnVuyFQheZFSEpL8sjLRIcZtHDi7CNSJBjBd186NqsLu3jDUGIUtRnRa2fqODS0Y-VR9NMDLpr3OrSVlxHktCPJp6vugVxke6bX6KIaqY355pVgPaQq1vqXsw/s1600/lolong+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" id="postimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Nb8FQgr_iuO3CC56NtnnVuyFQheZFSEpL8sjLRIcZtHDi7CNSJBjBd186NqsLu3jDUGIUtRnRa2fqODS0Y-VR9NMDLpr3OrSVlxHktCPJp6vugVxke6bX6KIaqY355pVgPaQq1vqXsw/s640/lolong+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRKaIEt7DotjbM0-wbF-EACqBBcEHxEYlaSDSRMJtAkdi9jVSstbzcYivp7cZnn6pMuIZnxvd8hOgQ1iuqu5HyxEqH7t6JjGBzdZhjzCAY0T1DHIW1CwPVhN7YYYlJq5H8vJjSTTl5bE/s1600/lolong+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" id="postimg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRKaIEt7DotjbM0-wbF-EACqBBcEHxEYlaSDSRMJtAkdi9jVSstbzcYivp7cZnn6pMuIZnxvd8hOgQ1iuqu5HyxEqH7t6JjGBzdZhjzCAY0T1DHIW1CwPVhN7YYYlJq5H8vJjSTTl5bE/s640/lolong+%25283%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Welinda Asis Elorde, media affairs coordinator for the town of Bunawan, which has custody of the new record-holder, said Monday the local government had received an official certification from Guinness. "He's doing well. I think he has already adapted to his new environment," Elorde told.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At first, Lolong was fed the equivalent of 10 percent of his body weight in beef, pork and poultry every month, but an expert put him on a diet of eight to 10 kilograms a week to get him to be more active, she added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The expert also recommended that the meat be given with skin and feathers attached, to help digestion.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Source :- http://www.unbelievableinfo.com/2013/12/worlds-largest-crocodile.html </div> </div> </div>

World's Largest Crocodile

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