The saltwater croc scientific name is Crocodylus porosus also
known as estuarine or Indo Pacific crocodile is the largest of all living
reptiles. And Lolong is one of the kind that was captured a week ago in Lake Muhaba
and trending in becoming the hottest star attraction of the planned ecotourism
park in Bunawan, Agusan Del Sur.
The 21-foot,
2,370-pound notorious croc now being jailed in an 800 square
meter pen secured by 1.2 meter high concrete walls topped with wire has been named after Ernesto “Lolong” Conate, a Palawan-based hunter
hired to help catch it. Wildlife officials attempting to find out if the estimated
50 years old reptile is the largest saltwater crocodile ever caught alive in
the world, wherein the Guinness World Book of Record a 17 feet, 11 inches long saltwater
croc listed to be the recent largest crocodile captivity from Australia.
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