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Crocodile longevity is not well established, but larger species like the Nile crocodile live longer, and may have a potential maximum life span of 70 to 100 years, though no crocodilian species commonly exceeds a lifespan of 50 to 60 years in captivity.
theinternetkeepsmealive
How about people leave him the fuck alone? Dude has earned some peace
nachosyndicate
The crazy part to me is that they have evolved to this state 80 million years ago. That's a fine tuned species. Do not mess around.
TakuanSoho
"And now..."
WammoJammo
Great dental hygiene.
OctavioJackson
I too was born in the 20th century
tinyCabbage
so many crocodile expert online today
Parythrogr
The Nick Cannon of dinosaurs.
LanceSackless
They told him how old he was but he was in denial
JCDenton10
So the maximum potential lifespan is 70-100 years, and this crocodile was born in 1900? Math ain't mathing. Either they rounded down on Nile's birth year, or it's time to update that theoretical maximum.
Feralkyn
Yeah I checked the nile croc wiki, and the "Source" for that is "The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Pub Co Inc."
So basically a source that would need to cite another source.
heyoo42
Bitch I was born in the 1900s you ain’t special
Floofaficionado
He just needs some good scritches and a bellyrub!
Fynndango
I can fix him
MissLian
If he was born in 1900 I'd say his potential maximum life span is at least 125, not 100 (quick search seems like he's still alive)
unappalled
His friend could easily sneak up on him. Maybe not wise to turn his back to the others?
joshuasplinth
Same thought. Clever girl time…
Adester
Maybe it is not wise to crawl onto a 125 year old killing machine in the first place.
Pizzeption
I like your dog.
JerBearington
Glorious beast
Macetheace50
BobJohnsonOwait
They weren’t kidding when they said “In a while, crocodile”
jtxyz
You don't know gators?
https://youtu.be/44LXQOWpO4E
Sh4d0wM4nt1s
Good lord... that croc looks like he takes at least a dozen people to keep him pinned down during health checkups. O_O
CapttainKillJoy
*Hatched
Sechran
Thing is, Nile crocs aren't even the largest species. That's the saltwater crocodile. Current record holder was 6.17 m long and north of a megagram in weight, but reports exist of even larger specimens.
kimwimgoddess
What is that in American?
FortifiedWhine
About 7 washing machines
Bubble181
... A megagram? I'm all in favor of metric, I'm European, but literally nobody would use that outside of very specific scientific parlance. 1000 kilograms is a ton. Our, y'know, 1000 kilograms.
AbsolutelyDramaticNutjob
I kinda like Megagram. Because there are a few variations of ton/Tonne, but Mega works in the existing scheme of prefixes used by metric.
AgentTasmania
I weight 90 millitonnes.
KafkasKarma
He seems a bit pissed
TupacAintDead
Just gonna have your back turned to the other handful of crocs behind you?
noReallyIamPrincessBob
And they determined this how?
alu21
He was photographed alongside Wonder Woman at the Paris Olympics in 1900.
HateClub
They asked him
KafkasKarma
Maybe he was hatched in a zoo or preservation area that tracks the animals
nachosyndicate
the rings
meganical
The rings around his tail—I’m joking, this isn’t a thing
TodayInSA
That's exactly how you tell the age. Crocs have growth rings on their osteoderms (the skin bumps) This is what they look like.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Micrograph-of-a-transversely-sectioned-osteoderm-of-breeding-adult-male-No-6307-1063_fig3_248886794
Henry was about 85 when he was captured in 1985, been at the Croc park since.
TodayInSA
When the caught him in 1985 they sampled an osteoderm (the bump in the skin). It has growth rings like a tree, crocs eat in the early dry season, when water is scarce and more animals come to the few water pools. So each year there is a peak of growth. This is what that look like under a microscope
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Micrograph-of-a-transversely-sectioned-osteoderm-of-breeding-adult-male-No-6307-1063_fig3_248886794
ForeveraKritik
The abstract of that paper says this method is only accurate within +-1 year for ages "up to about 20 years". So it sounds like Crocworld's claim is just an estimate.
Pseudobatrachotoxin
Thank you for dropping the science sauce.
JohnSmithterms
noReallyIamPrincessBob
So crocs have growth rings - how cool is that!
NinjaCongo
Well then @OP's text, outlining that they may grow as old as 100 years, seems off by at the very least 25%.
TheDisembodiedFloatingHeadOfEdwardGRobinson
That's fucking rad, thank you.
memedrift2410
Here I was gonna make a fucking joke about chopping him in half and counting the rings, but that's (sorta) what they did!