15 Abnormal Große Krokodile Und Alligatoren, Die Tatsächlich Existieren
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00:00 Crocodile and Alligators are big reptiles that you don't want to meet in a dark alley.
00:08 Some are bigger than others and some have become famous because of their size.
00:13 Have you ever heard of Brutus?
00:15 What about the Orinoco crocodile?
00:17 If you're really into huge things, you have to keep looking.
00:21 Because we're counting down 15 unusually big crocodiles and alligators that actually exist.
00:28 Now I'm a bit older, I get that 17ft crocodile.
00:31 15. Gomek
00:36 George Quake caught Gomek, a large saltwater crocodile in Papua New Guinea.
00:42 He was 5.4m long and weighed over 2 tons when he died.
00:47 Terry and Arthur Jones bought him in 1985 and kept him for 5 years in Ocala, Florida, before they sold him.
00:55 For many years he impressed the audience with his incredible ability to eat food and his even greater tolerance to people.
01:03 The feeders of the giant crocodile were allowed to enter the enclosure and get close to the giant animal up to 1m without having to be afraid to be attacked.
01:12 To stay close to a crocodile is usually suicidal.
01:17 Although Gomek was still fed with long teeth, he was still considered a tame crocodile that was a favorite of the farm and visitors all over the country.
01:26 I would like to believe that Gomek was a nice little guy, but he was not a gecko.
01:31 This is a huge monster that is longer than a car and weighs 2 tons.
01:37 It's a mystery to me when people do everything to cause problems just to get attention.
01:43 If the accident happens, for example if the crocodile has enough of it to be touched,
01:48 the person will then have a broken limb and everyone will shout "Oh my God!"
01:53 Gomek died of a long illness at the end of a heart attack.
01:57 He was a very old crocodile at the time and one of the largest and most tame crocodiles in the world in captivity.
02:03 Near Gomek's enclosure, where his successor Maximo and his companion Sidney are currently, there is a monument in his name.
02:12 Number 14 Tavi Tavi Crocodile
02:15 Fishermen in Tavi Tavi, a Philippine island province, caught a 5 meter long saltwater crocodile in 2017.
02:23 A local fisherman discovered the crocodile, but at first it was considered a wooden block like local sources report.
02:30 When you approached him, however, it moved.
02:32 The incident was reported to the authorities and a hunt for the crocodile was initiated.
02:37 Catching the crocodile required many fishermen and officials, because the huge crocodile was extremely aggressive and destroyed a boat and damaged several fishing nets during the action.
02:47 The crocodile was entrusted with the protection of the city administration.
02:50 In the Philippines, killing a crocodile is a crime that is suspected with a fine of up to $ 2,000 and a prison sentence of up to 6 years.
03:00 $ 2,000 may not sound like much, but in the Philippines it is a lot of money and 6 years in prison are the same worldwide, although I believe that the prisons in the Philippines are 5 star prisons.
03:13 Number 13 Cassius
03:16 This Australian saltwater colossus is the largest crocodile in the world in captivity and was named by the Guinness World Records as the largest crocodile in the world in captivity in 2011.
03:27 Cassius was a real gladiator, as proven by the fact that he lost his front left leg and the tip of his tail in fierce fighting.
03:36 He lives on Green Island, Australia in the Merwinland, Melanesia.
03:41 After the crocodile had attacked boats and was a nuisance, it was captured in 1987 in the Phineas River in Northern Territory.
03:50 Cassius is about 110 years old and 5.2 meters tall.
03:54 Cassius Clay was the first name of Muhammad Ali when he was born.
03:59 The crocodile dandy of real life is George Quake, Cassius' catcher and guardian, who also captured Gomek, one of the largest ever measured crocodiles in the world.
04:09 He spent years catching dangerous giant crocodiles like Cassius and Gomek and moving them into a safe enclosure that is both beneficial for the crocodiles and for the people.
04:20 Mr. Quake spent the next 30 years with Cassius after he had captured him and fed him daily.
04:26 Cassius, he says, would eat him if he had the opportunity.
04:30 We thank Mr. Quake for the useful information.
04:33 Number 12 - Matara
04:36 In Matara, Sri Lanka, a huge crocodile was caught with a length of over 5.2 meters and a weight of over 1000 kilograms.
04:45 The crocodile was stuck in a channel of the Nilwala River and could not free itself.
04:50 The huge animal was rescued by a group of wild dogs, which were supported by several locals and finally released back into the river without anyone getting hurt.
05:00 It is estimated that the huge reptile was about 65 years old at the time of his death.
05:05 According to the Department of Wildlife Conservation, this crocodile was one of the three giant crocodiles that live in the Nilwala River.
05:13 I don't know how you feel, but I would hesitate to swim in this river.
05:17 The idea is simply scary. According to the authorities, the crocodile is still alive and is occasionally observed up close.
05:25 Number 11 - Khao Yai
05:27 Khao Yai is a mixture of different crocodile species. It is located in the Samut Phrakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo in Thailand.
05:36 Yai is about 5.5 meters long and weighs over 1 ton.
05:40 The length varies depending on the source, but it is larger than Cassius.
05:44 Yai is very socially acceptable, like Gomek.
05:47 Feeders and caregivers are allowed to clean and touch it.
05:50 Even tourists go on tour with it.
05:52 It is generally known that Siamese crocodiles cross each other in captivity and in the wild with saltwater crocodiles and the resulting offspring occasionally become huge animals.
06:04 Yai is one of the most famous hybrids, which was born in 1972.
06:08 According to reports, Yai is the largest crocodile in the world in captivity.
06:13 Some have questioned his classification as a hybrid, although it is likely that he is one.
06:18 As far as we know, his genetics have not yet been researched.
06:22 The Siamese crocodile used to live in almost all of South Asia, including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia, as well as in Java, Borneo and a few small islands nearby.
06:34 The hunting of humans and the destruction of his habitat have wiped him out in many parts of his area of expansion and his survival in some of the affected countries has been questioned in recent decades.
06:46 Matthäus has been marking the first sighting in Laos for 30 years and only a few specimens seem to live in the wild in Thailand.
06:54 Number 10 - Big Alligator on the Golf Course
06:58 Our next reptile is a huge alligator that has decided to go for a walk on this golf course.
07:03 In these shots you can see how big he is while he is examining the greens.
07:08 A four-legged group of players playing a hole in the background is disturbed by the sight and messes up their game, because the alligator doesn't really care about them.
07:17 Even if he did, they would have had enough time to escape.
07:20 In the next video, another huge alligator is caught on the golf course and it is even bigger than the previous one.
07:27 Fortunately, alligators can't move that fast. Even if he comes closer to photograph him, he can be sure that he can escape if he has to run.
07:35 Next, many people thought it was a joke when a huge alligator was filmed on a golf course in Florida with extended legs.
07:43 The video, which was recorded by a professional golfer at the Valencia Country Club in Naples, spread immediately viral.
07:51 The so-called "high walk" of the alligator, which was captured on the video, was one of the main reasons for his frightening appearance.
07:58 When alligators are in motion, they usually stay much closer to the ground.
08:02 This next guy looks like he's on a mission, because he walks confidently behind this bush.
08:09 Number 9 - Jean Stray
08:12 Jean Stray was a huge saltwater crocodile that lived in the "Makers Crocodile Bank Trust and Center for Herpetology", a reptile zoo and a research station for herpetology in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
08:26 The massive crocodile is at least 5.2 meters long and weighs more than a ton.
08:31 It is assumed that it is one of the largest crocodiles in the world in captivity.
08:35 It is one of the most popular attractions in the park. Every day, visitors flock to the park to see the colossal reptile.
08:42 Because the film "Jaws" is Romulus Whiteacre's favorite film, he dubs the crocodile "Jaws 3".
08:48 "Jaws 3" has been raised by him since he was a little reptile. He remembers how he took him in his arms.
08:55 Why don't you try it right now, Romulus?
08:58 In the first years after his arrival at the facility in 1976, "Jaws 3" was housed in a normal exhibition with his brothers and sisters.
09:08 When he began to grow up in an impressive way with his siblings, it became clear that he was not an ordinary crocodile, but a true beast of bizarre size.
09:18 Due to his particularly wild being and his destructive power, he cannot even be housed with other female crocodiles.
09:26 "Jaws" now lives alone in a huge enclosed enclosure where visitors can observe him while feeding through his care.
09:33 In January 2020, "Jaws 3" died.
09:36 Gangadurai, the head reptile caretaker of the Matras Crocodile Bank Tuas, said he had fed "Jaws" for the last 40 years
09:43 and if others, including his own wife, ask him about the crocodile and he tells them that it died, they are disturbed and can hardly understand it.
09:53 8. Bujangsenang Crocodile
09:56 Bujangsenang lived in Borneo and was a large saltwater crocodile. According to the reports of the locals, he was a human eater.
10:04 All the locals were afraid of him. Some even said that he had been attacking and killing people for 30 years.
10:11 At first he was estimated to be 7.6 meters long, but when he was killed in 1992, he was only 5.8 meters long and weighed more than a ton.
10:20 People like to throw numbers at the creature to make it appear bigger than it really is, until it is caught.
10:26 That's just human nature. The skull of Bujangsenang is exhibited in the Sarawak Museum in Kuching, Malaysia.
10:34 7. Twipot
10:36 Matt White has always been fascinated by creatures that most people would rather ignore.
10:41 When he was a child, snakes were the most poisonous in the world.
10:45 It only makes sense that he, as an adult, switched to catching huge, deadly saltwater crocodiles.
10:52 Crocodile catching, tracking, catching and eliminating drowning crocodiles is not a common profession at school.
10:59 And he was lucky, because he learned to fly a helicopter right after that. A necessary ability to quickly eliminate the animals.
11:06 Crocodiles have a bad reputation, but White believes that this is exaggerated.
11:10 He does not claim that swimming in a lagoon in the Northern Territory is the best option, but it is a safe thing.
11:17 It's a simple animal you can deal with.
11:20 They have a small brain. They are eaters and hunters who are only driven by the desire to eat, fight, reproduce and stay warm.
11:28 Nothing is unbeatably tough. They make me think of robots.
11:32 Twipot is the crocodile he is most familiar with. He is 5.2 meters tall, but weighs almost a ton because he does not move much.
11:40 He has been with him for five years and has three legs, hence the name Twipot.
11:45 He hangs around in the backyard. He can not let him go because he has been kept captive for so long.
11:50 Either he would not make it or he would only disturb.
11:54 6. Brutus
11:56 At the Adelaide River in Australia, Brutus, the giant crocodile, is a tourist attraction.
12:02 Have you ever wondered which animal would win if a crocodile and a shark would fight each other?
12:08 A boatload of tourists has experienced the fight in the Northern Territory from the first row and it seems to be a hypothetical question that may have been clarified in a pub among friends.
12:18 On the Adelaide River in the Kakadu National Park, Brutus, a giant crocodile, holds a bullfrog in his teeth.
12:25 Andrew Pace, who lives in Sydney, was on a tour through the Adelaide River with his family when he noticed Brutus, a monstrous crocodile that has become a tourist attraction in the far north, with something in his huge mouth.
12:38 5. Port Moresby Crocodile
12:42 Crocodile Dundee is Papua New Guinea's Mr. Farapu Ser from the Gulf Province.
12:48 The animal caretaker in Port Moresby Adventure Park, Mr. Ser, is the only person in the world who can climb a crocodile and kiss it like a wallaby.
12:57 He is the only person who can turn a crocodile over 5 meters tall into a riding show for the pleasure and entertainment of the audience.
13:05 Mr. Ser impressed the crowd in the Adventure Park Crocodile Canyon, where he practiced his feeding tactics while he kissed and rode two of the wild-looking reptiles in front of a gathering of over 100 people.
13:17 According to a colleague and friend of Ser, he was once attacked by a giant crocodile during a performance, but he never gave up.
13:25 Ser has spent 35 years of his life with the two reptiles and is now a champion and a brave man who is respected by everyone he meets.
13:34 Ser is a valuable enrichment for the Adventure Park and a symbol for the animal family.
13:39 He is the only person who knows how to talk to crocodiles and orders them to come out, stand, move and even ride or kiss them.
13:49 Ser is definitely the crocodile Dundee of this park and the only man who can ride a crocodile like a horse.
13:56 He is the icon and the crocodile guardian and everyone honors him.
14:00 According to Sparker, the crocodiles are fed every Saturday at 3 p.m. and no one else does that.
14:05 On the other hand, Ser, who oversees the feeding and entertainment with the crocodiles, knows how to tame a crocodile and make it listen.
14:13 Ser has a long history with crocodiles, but to make it short, he was born for this job.
14:18 He is an animal protector who grew up with crocodiles and considers them his pets and best friends.
14:24 I hope that one day he will not have to pay for all the love he gave to the crocodiles.
14:30 Number 4 - Lolong
14:32 He was over 6 meters tall and weighed 1.5 tons.
14:36 Lolong was the largest crocodile in the world in captivity at this time.
14:40 He was also the largest crocodile in the world measured in length from the mouth to the tail.
14:45 Lolong was the saltwater crocodile that is native to the Indo-Pacific region.
14:49 Dr. Adam Burtin, an Australian crocodile expert, sedated and measured Lolong in his enclosure in 2011
14:56 and thus confirmed that he is the longest crocodile in the world that has ever been caught and kept in captivity.
15:02 In 2011 he was caught in a Buna warning stream in the Philippines.
15:07 He was caught with the help of the local authorities, villagers and crocodile hunters.
15:12 The huge crocodile was chased for three weeks and it took about 100 people to carry it ashore after it was discovered.
15:20 During the capture, it became restless from time to time and tore through the rope twice before it could be properly tied.
15:27 According to estimates, he was at least 50 years old.
15:30 Lolong was suspected of having eaten a fisherman missing in Buna warning and a 12-year-old girl whose head had been dug out two years earlier.
15:39 He was also the main suspect in connection with the disappearance of water buffaloes in the area.
15:44 The remains of water buffaloes that were considered missing before Lolong's capture were discovered in the stomach after his capture, but no human remains.
15:53 The crocodile was named after Ernesto "Lolong" Goloran Cate,
15:58 an experienced crocodile hunter of the Palawan Crocodile and Wildlife Reservation Center, who led the hunt.
16:04 Cate's health had drawn Pösch into compassion after weeks of search for Lolong.
16:09 A few days before the crocodile was caught, he died of a heart attack.
16:13 Despite his initial aggressiveness, Lolong was extremely gentle in his enclosure.
16:18 Anyone who knows the consequences of catching huge crocodiles in the wild should not be surprised.
16:23 The shock of being caught, stung and stabbed and introduced into a completely new and foreign habitat is a shocking event for every animal,
16:33 especially for a zoo as huge as Lolong, which was the ruler of his kingdom for decades.
16:38 It may seem strange to imagine crocodiles as stressed, but in this respect they are just like all other vertebrates,
16:45 and anyone who keeps crocodiles in captivity should be aware of this.
16:49 Lolong died in prison in 2013, just 18 months after he was caught.
16:54 His cause of death was a congestive heart failure due to autopsy, which was complicated by a fungus pneumonia, liver lipidosis and kidney failure.
17:04 Number 3 - U Tharn
17:06 Dr. Sam Seashole, head of veterinary medicine at the Alligator Adventure, introduced U Tharn in 2002 and thus ended an almost three-year odyssey.
17:16 He went to the Samut Phrakan crocodile farm, about 19 kilometers outside Bangkok, Thailand, to find this ambassador of Thailand and the rest is, as they say, history.
17:27 U Tharn, who was named after the son of the farm owner U Thin Ngang Phra Phra Khan, was and is the largest exhibited crocodile in the world.
17:35 The U Tharn is a crocodile that is a cross between a saltwater and a Siamese crocodile.
17:41 He was born in 1964, weighs 900 kilograms and is just under 5.5 meters tall.
17:47 U Tharn is housed in a 5,000 square meter exhibition with a luxurious pool that is filled with over 100,000 liters of fresh water.
17:55 U Tharn is undoubtedly the king of crocodiles.
17:59 Although U Tharn's bite force was never measured, it is assumed that it weighs about 2,200 kilograms per square inch.
18:06 That's almost two tons!
18:08 Number 2 - Akko
18:10 Akko, the largest crocodile in the Australian zoo, is 4.9 meters long and weighs one ton.
18:16 Because of his fragility and his intellect, Akko was threatened with being shot and Steve Irwin got him from a property where he was threatened with being shot for two years.
18:25 When Steve finally caught Akko, the crocodile rolled down the cliff by itself into the boat and sunk it.
18:32 To catch Akko safely, Steve got the help of reed farmers from the property and taught them everything they needed to know about crocodiles and why they behave the way they do.
18:42 The farmers fell in love with Akko when they discovered what he was and Steve named him after them.
18:47 Everyone is invited to celebrate Steve Irwin's philosophy for animals, his power and his amazing life every November 15th in the Australian zoo.
18:56 Number 1 - Orinoco
18:59 Orinoco crocodiles can reach a weight of 680 kilograms and a length of 5.5 meters.
19:06 They are between 60 and 80 years old and their population ranges between 250 and 1,500 animals.
19:13 This reptile is characterized by a slim mouth that runs diagonally downwards at the tip.
19:18 The body of the crocodile is covered with scales that vary in shape and strength.
19:23 The Orinoco crocodile is a unique reptile with three different color variations and without subspecies.
19:30 There are three types of crocodile skin.
19:32 Necro, which is completely dark gray,
19:34 Mariposo, which is gray-green and has spots on the back,
19:37 and Amarillo, the most common, with a light brown and dark, sparse spots on the entire body of the animal.
19:45 It almost feels like I'm looking for a new ice cream flavor at Ben & Jerry's.
19:50 When a crocodile has sunk, the nostrils at the end of the snout remain above the water surface so that the animal can breathe.
19:57 The Orinoco crocodile has a strong tail and small, strong legs.
20:02 Orinoco crocodiles are social creatures with a hierarchy.
20:06 The communication system and the reaction of these reptiles are well characterized.
20:10 Except when eating, these animals move at snail speed.
20:14 They eat at night in the water and have a well-coordinated eating activity.
20:18 They approach the riverbed in search of land creatures that they could prey on.
20:23 The Orinoco crocodile are excellent swimmers.
20:26 When they are in the water, they move forward with their swimming feet and tail.
20:31 These reptiles, especially the big males, can sometimes be aggressive.
20:35 They often form large groups and move across the country during the dry season in search of a suitable habitat in the water.
20:42 When the river dries out at their location, the animals hide in caves.
20:46 These reptiles are huge beasts that I would never want to meet.
20:51 My favorite was Brutus. Which was your favorite?
20:54 Let us know in the comments below.
20:56 That was our list of the 15 unusually large crocodiles and alligators that actually exist.
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