Gustave - The Giant Crocodile of Burundi
Gustave is a massive male
Nile crocodile living in
Burundi. In 2004 he was estimated to be 60 years old, 20 feet (
6.1 m) in length and to weigh around 1 ton, making him the largest confirmed crocodile ever seen in
Africa. He is a notorious man-eater, who is rumoured to have claimed as many as
300 humans from the banks of the
Ruzizi River and the northern shores of
Lake Tanganyika. Though that number is difficult to prove, Gustave has attained a near-mythical status and is greatly feared by people in the region.
Scientists and Herpetologists who have studied Gustave claim that his uncommon size and weight impedes the crocodile's ability to hunt the species' usual, agile prey such as fish, antelope and zebra, forcing him to attack larger animals such as Hippopotamus, large wildebeest and, to
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