One seriously big boy ... Cassius the crocodile / Pic: Brendan Francis Source: The Daily Telegraph
George Craig with Cassius the crocodile / Pic: Brendan Francis Source: The Daily Telegraph
LIKE the boxing legend he is named after, who never knew when he was beaten, Cassius has regained the title of the biggest saltwater crocodile in captivity.
The previous record holder, who measured 6.17m, died on Sunday in the tiny Malaysian village where he had become a major tourist attraction.
A vet rushed to the Agusan del Sur province after the one-tonne beast flipped over with a bloated stomach in its cage in an eco-tourism park.
The croc, blamed for deadly attacks before it was captured in 2011, died a few hours later.
That meant Cassius, a 5.5m saltie who lives in a Queensland croc park, reclaimed his place in the record books.
George Craig, who runs Marineland Melanesia crocodile park on Green Island, off the far north Queensland coast, said of Cassius's rival: "It was a magnificent croc."
Cassius, which Mr Craig believes is about 100 years old, was caught by Northern Territory officers in the Finniss River then sent to a crocodile farm south of Darwin before being taken by truck and ferry by Mr Craig to Green Island 26 years ago.
Mr Craig has no doubt about the giant's grisly past:"He was in the wild for 70 years. For sure he'd have killed someone."
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