Saltwater Crocodiles Crocodylus porosus

Fact Sheets about our Saltwater Crocodiles Crocodylus porosus
(saltwater crocodile / estuarine crocodile). The world’s largest specis of crocodilian.

Type: Crocodilian / Reptile

Diet: Carnivore

Average life span in the wild: 70 years. Fewer than 3% of all hatchlings reach maturity

Size: Up to 7 m

Weight: Can reach well over 1000kg (1 tonne)

Did you know? In April 2007, an inadequately sedated saltwater crocodile at a Taiwanese zoo bit a veterinarian's
forearm off. After seven hours of surgery, the appendage was successfully reattached.

CROC FACTS - click on a fact file to learn about the worlds most ferocious reptile.