Animals crocodiles 6. Crocodiles are really ancient. Due to the absence of a complete enough skeleton in most cases the numbers given are estimates. Some are small some are really big. The maximum length it attains is 56 feet.
Please try again later. Historically crocodile attacks are 100 times deadlier than shark attacksand far more frequentranging from harrowing individual confrontations to a mass attack on world war ii soldiers. A common method to estimate the size of crocodiles and crocodile like reptiles is the use of the length of the skull measured in the midline from the tip of the snout to the back of the skull table. Worlds top 6 biggest prehistoric crocodiles ever lived.
Saltwater crocodiles are the largest ones. Thats more than three and a half times the bite of a lion and 25 times that of a human. Similarly the distinction of being the biggest crocodile in captivity goes to yai the estuarine siamese hybrid held at the samutprakarn crocodile farm and zoo in thailand which measures 6 m 19 ft 8 in in length and weighs approximately 2456 lb. In a small pool of water in an indonesian back yard lives kojek the crocodile.
Youll be shocked to know its size. There are four basic types of reptiles. Kojek spends his days in a small channel of water at the back of irwans garden. The smallest species goes by the name dwarf crocodile.
The largest one ever found was an astonishing 2024 feet long. Reptiles are characterized by their cold blooded metabolismsthey. There are 23 different species of crocodiles that live on this planet. Reptiles like amphibians make up a fairly small proportion of terrestrial animalsbut in the form of dinosaurs they ruled the earth for over 150 million years.
Largest crocodile ever recorded.