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Giant One-Ton Crocodile Enters Record Books
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| 01 July 2012
Posted on 07/02/2012 7:10:17 AM PDT by george76
The seven metre reptile was captured by villagers in the Philippines last year after a series of deadly attacks.
Lolong weighs more than a ton, and has taken the top spot from an Australian crocodile which measured more than five metres, a Guinness World Records spokesman said.
The giant reptile has been blamed for a number of deadly attacks in a remote area in the southern Philippines and was eventually caught in the remote town of Bunawan.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crocodile; philippines
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:10:25 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
Crikey!
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:18:48 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
To: george76
Wow! The power of a determined group of people....
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:28:35 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
To: george76
23 feet long?!
Ironic; I was watching “Lake Placid” the other night on DVD. That critter was 30 feet long.
Loved the scene where Betty White fed it a blindfolded cow!
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:30:03 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: george76
Hope Connor and Abby got that anomaly closed.
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:35:33 AM PDT
by
heylady
(“Sometimes I wish I could be a Democrat and then I remember I have a soul.”( Deb))
To: george76
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:45:06 AM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
(Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
To: george76
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:50:47 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: wordsofearnest
They should be able to sell it to a zoo or museum for some good money.
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posted on
07/02/2012 7:55:14 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
The taxidermy man’s gonna have a heart attack when he see’s what I brung ‘im!
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posted on
07/02/2012 8:07:04 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: george76; All
This is one evil worthless thing that should be hunted to extinction.
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posted on
07/02/2012 1:50:44 PM PDT
by
patriot08
(TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
To: george76
Everyone in town gets shoes!
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