02 November 2004, 16:56
fla3006Tanzania croc
A gunsmith friend sent me this pic from a recent trip to Tanzania. His daughter and her husband took this large croc, estimated to be about 80 years old, 14.5 feet:
03 November 2004, 06:29
BoghossianHow do you age a crocodile?
03 November 2004, 07:33
nainitalThat�s a big trophy!! Some days ago I�ve seen a documental about a croc in Burundi, rated as the biggest in all of Africa. It measured more than 6 meters and was credited with killing several locals.....unfortunately its end was not known, but his age was guessed at 60. That�s many years short of the beastie in the picture.
03 November 2004, 07:45
fla3006You may be referring to the recent PBS documentary on "Gustave". He was a really big croc, near 18 feet. Mysteriously disappeared after the filming, thought to have been machine gunned by the military (after eating quite a few locals). There's some articles on the web about him. Don't know how they estimate crocs' ages.
Here's another pic of my friend's son-in-law:
03 November 2004, 08:03
WannabeBwanaThe second picture gives a much better perspective of the size of the croc, but unfortunately doesn't seem to capture the beautiful scenery that the first one had.
03 November 2004, 11:19
DavidCGreat Croc(!), great looking rifle, Hot wife and a father inlaw who's a gunsmith....Lucky Guy!!!
Tell us more about his Tanzanian hunt. What other animals did he take?
Regards,
Dave
03 November 2004, 22:42
jbderunzNice crocs.
Here is two links to GUSTAVE.
BBC NEWS national geographic