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Monster crocodile gets own park in Agusan del Sur 09/19/2011

Monday, September 19, 2011

Monster crocodile gets own park in Agusan del Sur

09/19/2011
BUNAWAN, Agusan del Sur — A monster crocodile which is reputedly the world’s largest is the star attraction at its own nature park which opened in the Philippines this weekend, weeks after the beast’s capture.

People are already paying P20 (46 cents) to enter the compound in the town of Bunawan for a look at the 21-foot (6.4-meter) male saltwater crocodile which is believed to have killed two people.

Bunawan Mayor Edwin Elorde hopes to have another attraction soon: a reportedly even larger crocodile that was sighted by residents of this largely rural town on the southern island of Mindanao.

“They saw it with their own eyes, it was bigger. Our estimates are that it would be 25 to 30 feet long with body width of around four feet,” he told reporters..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110919nat7.html

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