Crocodile Lolong was moved to his new and permanent home.
CROCODILE LOLONG – The Philippines’ largest crocodile in captivity, Lolong, was transferred to the National Museum of Natural History.
Recently, a post announcing the transfer of saltwater or Indo-Pacific crocodile Lolong to the Natural History Museum crossed the Facebook page National Museum of the Philippines.
Based on the post, the preserved giant crocodile was moved from National Museum of Anthropology’s Taxidermy Visible Storage to the Natural History Museum which is going to be the croc’s permanent home.
The said history museum is expected to open in the middle of this year.
It took around 18 men to move the giant crocodile which weighed 1,075 kilograms and measured 6.17 meters. It was the Zoology Division staff who facilitated Lolong’s transfer to his new home.
Based on the post, further understanding of the marshland ecology and Philippine wildlife awareness are the goals behind the exhibition of the giant crocodile which died on February 10, 2013.
The said giant saltwater crocodile was captured on September 3, 2011 in a creek in Agusan del Sur province in Mindanao.
The post about crocodile Lolong went viral on the social media. As of the writing, more than two thousand Facebook users have shared the post.
Lots of netizens also spent time to express their reactions to the viral post via comments.
According to a Facebook user from Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, it was in year 2012 when she last saw Lolong and she misses him.
One netizen from the same place stated in a comment that the giant crocodile, despite that it is scary to look at him considering his big size, is their pride in Bunawan.
Meanwhile, lots of netizens expressed in comments to the post their excitement to go on a trip and visit crocodile Lolong in the museum when it opens.
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