Giant Crocodile - Photo and Video of 21-Foot Crocodile Captured Alive in Agusan del Sur
A giant crocodile that measures around 21 foot or 6.4 meters was captured along a creek by crocodile farm staff and residents in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur province in the Philippines on Saturday, September 2.
Photo Credit: AP Photo
According to the town Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde, the giant crocodile weighing about 2,370 pounds or 1,075 kilograms, it took almost 100 people to pull the giant crocodile off the creek. A crane was even used to lift the reptile into a truck and place it inside a fenced cage.
The mayor also said that they are planning to build an eco-tourism park for species found in a vast marshland in Agusan (an impoverished region about 515 miles southeast of Manila) showcasing the giant crocodile.
The giant crocodile was first seen by local farm villagers killing a water buffalo (carabao) last month and was also suspected of having attacked a fisherman who went missing in July. The reptile was being hunted by Philippine crocodile farm staff in the last three weeks.
After they spotted the giant reptile, villagers and the crocodile farm staff set four traps, which the giant crocodile destroyed. They then used sturdier traps using steel cables, one of which finally caught the giant crocodile late Saturday.
Video uploaded on YouTube by popis191
Cross-published in Starmometer
All I have to say is this is awesome. It is even better that you caught it alive. That is amazing!
ReplyDeletemas malaki ang buaya dito sa metro manila sa st lukes pa nagpapakulong..
ReplyDeletethat's nice but what is the exact time of this video?.., i hope i is still alive because that crocodile is a good source of like a tourist spot...you know guys what i mean... HOPE it is Still alive.. that kind is instinct now a days.....
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that Steve Irwin isn't alive to see this spectacular Animal " He's Georgeous" A real treasure to be found in todays age of "Kill it" and Not Catch it.. I hope it lives a long , Long life .... Now they need to give him a Nice "Sheila" To prolong this Incredible DNA.... "The Crocodile Hunter" is Smiling today"!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMas Malaking Buwaya si Aaron Amores..hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteso big crocodile!
ReplyDeleteso amazing how cud it be,,?
ReplyDeleteso amazing how cud it be unbelivable ,,
ReplyDeleteI feel like all these stories about "giant" alligators are a double edged sword. It's amazing because the creature is just SO large but usually the story is about how someone has finally killed or captured it.
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