Anyone seen the rumours on the 29' Salt Water croc?

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Zoodiver said:
One thing I'll toss out is that judging size (length) of a croc based on slide out is hard. It's a little more than an educated shot in the dark. I'd seen slide outs from little crocs/gators that would indicate large animals - but they weren't. I've also seen the opposite. I've also started to doubt photographs. Lighting, angles and the laptop have made anything possible. The only way to know a crocs size for sure is to measure it.
I've seen many mega-croc stories over the past decade. Very few turn out to be over 20' in length.

That being said, I would love to see these larger individuals make a come back. Big crocs are amazing animals.
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Yeah, I've seen some Croc slides myself in the past and agree the slide usually indicates a croc larger than it is.
Hopefully, this story will turn out to real and not another false estimation.

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yngggru said:
Lol +1. As a guy who lives in the Philippines, I could say that even tho the gov tries to do its best to protect our wildlife, animals still end up on the dinner plates of some hard headed Filipinos. Sucks really.


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Yeah :( would be awesome to see a monster croc make s return

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In palawan, an island of the Philippines it's legal to eat croc/alligator... (I'm not sure of which is in your plate)
It has a crocodile farm, and yes, lolong is legit. I'm from the Philippines. There's a skeleton which is on display on that croc farm, it rivals the size and girth of lolong, well it's short only of 8-9inches... I forgot the name, my last visit was last summer of 2012...
 
E.C. said:
In palawan, an island of the Philippines it's legal to eat croc/alligator... (I'm not sure of which is in your plate)
It has a crocodile farm, and yes, lolong is legit. I'm from the Philippines. There's a skeleton which is on display on that croc farm, it rivals the size and girth of lolong, well it's short only of 8-9inches... I forgot the name, my last visit was last summer of 2012...
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ahh, so it's evident crocs from Philippines are becoming common at the 17'+ mark

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xApostle said:
ahh, so it's evident crocs from Philippines are becoming common at the 17'+ mark

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I wouldn't say common.
 
MN_Rebel said:
I wouldn't say common.
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certainly not uncommon though. It seems the crocodile population went through a dead time period where large ones were almost non existent. From what I remember, I could be wrong of course but 10years ago, it was difficult to find crocs over 12' as the large ones had been hunted. Now however, it seems 16-17' seems to be the norm for larger salties and nile crocs.
I think it's very likely a 20'+ croc could escape capture. Take Gustav as an example. That's a 20' male nile croc. Been around for ages.

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xApostle said:
certainly not uncommon though. It seems the crocodile population went through a dead time period where large ones were almost non existent. From what I remember, I could be wrong of course but 10years ago, it was difficult to find crocs over 12' as the large ones had been hunted. Now however, it seems 16-17' seems to be the norm for larger salties and nile crocs.
I think it's very likely a 20'+ croc could escape capture. Take Gustav as an example. That's a 20' male nile croc. Been around for ages.

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I dont think crocs are actively hunted here thus giving them a chance to grow. Only those that are possibly a threat to locals and those that have a man-eater reputation are hunted. The rise of croc farms are already satisfying the material needs of the people and I don't think there is anymore reason to hunt them down. But then again who knows what theyre doing out there.


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yngggru said:
I dont think crocs are actively hunted here thus giving them a chance to grow. Only those that are possibly a threat to locals and those that have a man-eater reputation are hunted. The rise of croc farms are already satisfying the material needs of the people and I don't think there is anymore reason to hunt them down. But then again who knows what theyre doing out there.


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True dat!!^^

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