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Giant crocodile caught in Philippines - in pictures

giant crocodile captured: A wildlife hunter subdueing the giant 6.4-metre saltwater crocodile
A wildlife hunter subduing the giant 6.4-metre (21ft) saltwater crocodile in the town of Bunawan. The crocodile is suspected of killing a 12-year-old girl in 2009 as well as livestock and a farmer who went missing in July 2011 Photograph: Sylvia Elorde/AFP/Getty Images
giant crocodile captured: Residents use their hands to measure a saltwater crocodile
Locals attempt to measure the captive beast Photograph: Reuters
giant crocodile captured: Residents look at a crocodile after it was caught in southern Philippines
Residents look at the captured saltwater crocodile
Photograph: Reuters
giant crocodile captured: Lolong, swims in a shallow pond inside its temporary cage
The crocodile, now named Lolong, swims in a shallow pond inside its temporary cage at the remote village of Consuelo . The crocodile, weighing 1,075 kg (2,370 lbs), was the biggest to be caught alive in the Philippines in recent years. Wildlife officials were trying to confirm whether it was the largest such catch in the world Photograph: AP
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