World's Largest Captive Crocodile Lolong Dies In Philippines
The crocodile was named Lolong. The giant reptile has come to symbolize the rich bio-diversity of Agusan marsh, where it was captured. Wildlife experts were to perform an autopsy as early as Monday to determine the cause of its death.
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World's Largest Held Crocodile Dies
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Authorities will try to determine what caused the death of the reptile, which had become a star attraction of the marshy town of 37,000 people about 515 miles (830 kilometers) southeast of Manila, Elorde said.
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The cash cow of the Philippine province of Agusan del Sur, the world's largest crocodile in captivity, is gone. The capture of Lolong in 2011 placed the once sleepy province in world map which provided income for the local government because of tourists.
Image via ibtimes.comThe world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity dies, moving villagers to tears.
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"He refused to eat since last month and we noticed a change in the colour of his faeces." Our personnel also noticed an unusual ballooning of the reptile's belly."
Guinness World Records proclaimed the giant, blamed for deadly attacks before it was captured in 2011, the largest saltwater crocodile in captivity last year, saying it measured 20.24ft
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In Pics: Lolong, The Largest Crocodile In Captivity
In this photo taken on September 21, 2011, residents from nearby towns watch Lolong, a one-tonne (6.4-metre) 21-foot crocodile believed to be the biggest to have ever been caught, in a caged pen in the southern Philippine town of Bunawan. Deep inside the Philippines' largest marshland, tribespeople who once revered crocodiles as mystical creatures say they now feel terrorised by them. AFP PHOTO / JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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In this Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 file photo, Bunawan Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde pretends to measure a huge crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan in Bunawan town in Agusan del Sur province, southern Philippines. Guinness World Records has declared Sunday, July 1, 2012 that the huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks is the largest in captivity in the world. Guinness spokeswoman Anne-Lise Rouse says the saltwater crocodile nicknamed "Lolong" measured 6.17 meters (20.24 feet) and weighed more than a ton. (AP Photo)
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