35+ Australian Saltwater Crocodile Biggest Images. If a reptile long enough to block two lanes of traffic sounds big to you, you've got good instincts. This massive saltwater crocodile named brutus has only three limbs!
Australia's living dinosaur and largest reptile in the world is the feared saltwater, or estuarine, crocodile, once an almost extinct animal. Saltwater crocs are apex predators and masters of concealment before attacking their prey. Males can reach sizes of up to 6 meters in length and there have been reports of crocs up to 7 metres.
Wright said he had known the crocodile from encounters over the past seven years, and that it had become vulnerable after losing guys understand this is not normal behaviour for a saltwater croc.
Lolong (died february 10, 2013) was the largest crocodile in captivity. Unlike saltwater crocodiles the females do not guard the nest; Its length is twice its breadth. The huge male was caught in the flora river at a remote nature park 75 miles southwest of the outback town of katherine in australia's northern territory, which is popular.