Showing posts with label Crocodile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crocodile. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Largest Crocodile - "Lolong"
In three weeks or twenty-one days of hunting, They captured one of the largest crocodiles in marshes of Agusan del Sur province, Philippines.
Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center announced last Monday the huge 21-ft. saltwater crocodile, weighing 600-pounds. Guinness World Records lists the Australia world-record holder at 17 feet and 11.75 inches. Saltwater crocodiles can live for more than 100 years and grow up to 23 feet.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Philippine Crocodile
The Philippine crocodile ( Crocodylus mindorensis ) is a kind of genuine crocodile (Crocodylidae). Compared to all the other crocodiles in the Pacific area is characterized by the Philippine crocodile from a very broad muzzle that is reinforced with up to 68 teeth, and large armored scales in the neck and back area.
With a maximum of three meters body length in males expemplary it one of the smaller species of crocodile. The females of this species are small, up to 1.5 meters and up to 15 kg body weight. The behavior of the Philippine crocodile is described as shy and harmless to humans, only provocations react aggressively.
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