After Lolong was
captured last year, another big crocodile measuring over 16 feet was caught in
Palaway by residents of Sitio Marabahay,
Barangay Rio Tuba in Bataraza.
According to the
report, the residents were frightened when they heard strange and sounds
something smashing underneath beside heir houses at around 1 a.m. on
Wednesday July 30.
Upon checking the
alarming sound, they just found out that it was a noise made by a huge
crocodile. The crocodile was trapped in a mangrove tree and
was then subdued with a rope used by nearby residents.
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There were at least 6 people who
worked together to catch the huge and scary crocodile. The crocodile measured
16.3 feet and it is almost twice the size of “Malang,” the formerly 7.9-foot
crocodile caught in Cotabato last April but freed back into the wild of Liguasan.
Yet, it’s still 4 feet smaller
than "Lolong," the record-making crocodile caught in Agusan del Sur.
Long who o measured 20.24 feet yet died after five months after he was
captured.
Temporarily, the newly caught
crocodile has been turned over to the Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation
Center in Puerto
Princesa City.
