Famed Henry, the 16-foot, 700 kg massive Nile crocodile, has officially made the record for the longest-living crocodile in the world at age 123. The crocodile has more than 6 mates, gives birth to more than 10,000 offspring located in the zoo where he resides.
Henry, the owner of big size and large pertinent toothsome fangs is almost the size of a minibus. He is a native of Unesco World Heritage Site Okavango Delta Region, Botswana and was born on 16th December, 1900.
Henry in captivity
Originally in the early 1900s Henry was thought to have eaten children of tribes living in Botswana. Determined to end all this killing customs of theirs the tribe sent for Sir Henry Neumann, a skilled hunter in the year of 1903. He captured Henry with intention of keeping him in captivity.
Crocworld Conservation Centre
He is now housed at the Crocworld Conservation Centre located in Scottburgh, South Africa where he has resided for the last thirty years. Violence remains the past now and he is appreciated from a safe distance far from what he was enduring at the conservation centre.
Nile crocodiles: A species to dread
The Nile crocodiles, aggressive by nature and spread over 26 nations of Sub-Saharan Africa, are quite well known for the fearsome behavior. These top of the food chain predators occupy diverse water bodies such as lakes, rivers marshes, swamps amongst others. Due to their vicious nature, these species of crocodiles attack creatures such as zebras and porcupines. Unfortunately, hundreds of people perish because of these deadly animals every year.
Cassius: The biggest crocodile alive
Though Henry is the oldest crocodile in captivity, Cassius, the 5m long Australian saltwater crocodile is reputed to be the biggest. Cassius, however, is known as one of the longest inhabitants of the American continent after capture- in 1984. He was kept in Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat located on Queensland’s Green Island. In 2011 Cassius was issued in the Guinness World Records as the man alive with the largest Saltwater crocodile in the world.
