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On September 14, 2017, 24-year-old Financial Times journalist Paul McClean was reportedly killed by a crocodile near Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka. McClean stopped by a lagoon known as Crocodile Rock to wash his hands when a crocodile bit him and dragged him into the water. The lagoon is known for its large population of crocodiles.
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and central regions of the continent, and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers, swamps, and marshlands.
After 2015 when Tanzania enacted tougher steps against violence against albinos, Malawi has seen a "steep upsurge in killings" with 18 reported killings since November 2014, and the likely toll being higher because of missing persons and unreported murders. President Peter Mutharika has formed a committee to study the situation.
c. 1955 (age 68–69) Known for. Allegedly killing up to 200–300 people. Residence. Ruzizi River and Lake Tanganyika, Burundi. Weight. ≥ 2,000 lb (910 kg) (estimated) Gustave is a Burundian large male Nile crocodile in Burundi who is notorious for being a man-eater, rumored to have killed as many as 200–300 people on the banks of the ...
The Battle of Ramree Island ( Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲကျွန်း တိုက်ပွဲ ), also known as Operation Matador, took place from 14 January to 22 February 1945, in the Second World War as part of the offensive on the Southern Front in the Burma campaign and was conducted by the XV Indian Corps . Ramree Island, part of ...
Adventurer, tour leader. Employer. Kayak the Nile [2] Television. The Longest River [3] Website. greatwhiteexplorer .blogspot .com. Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee (c. 1975 – 7 December 2010) was a South African outdoorsman and author. [4] [5] He was killed after being taken by a crocodile in December 2010.
Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament ...
Compared to the Nile crocodile, which can grow over 5 m (16 ft 5 in) in length, the West African crocodile is smaller. It typically grows between 2 and 3 m (6 ft 7 in and 9 ft 10 in) in length, with an occasional male growing over 4 m (13 ft 1 in) in rare cases. [12] Adults weigh between 90 and 250 kg (200 and 550 lb), with particularly large ...