Mayor Cox Elorde pretending to measure a huge crocodile, later named "Lolong," after its capture by residents & staff of a crocodile farm along a creek in Bunawan, southern Philippines on Sept. 4, 2011 (© File/AP Photo)

Mayor Cox Elorde pretends to measure Lolong after the crocodile was captured in Bunawan, Philippines, in 2011.

Lolong, the 20-foot, 3-inch male saltwater crocodile, in Bunawan in the southern Philippines on Sept. 17, 2011 (© AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

At nearly 20 feet, 3 inches long, Lolong was officially named the world's largest crocodile in July 2012.

Lolong, a one-ton, 21-foot crocodile, is believed to be the biggest to have ever been caught (© Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images)

Lolong is also believed to be the biggest crocodile to ever have been captured.

The body of Lolong, the largest crocodile in captivity, rests at the conservation park in Bunawan, Philippines after his death on Feb. 11, 2013 (© Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)

Lolong's body rests at the conservation park in Bunawan after his death.

The now lifeless body of Lolong, the largest crocodile in captivity, is packed in ice at the conservation park in Bunawan, Philippines on Feb. 11, 2013 (© Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)

Conservation park employees pack Lolong's body in ice while they await an autopsy.

So long, Lolong: World's biggest crocodile dies

2/11/2013

Lolong, the world's largest saltwater crocodile, has passed away from complications arising from having swallowed a length of nylon cord. He died surrounded by loved ones at the Bunawan Eco-Park and Research Center in the Philippines, where he lived in an enclosure since being captured in 2011. The 2,370-pound crocodile was almost 20 feet, 3 inches long, and was officially recognized as the world's biggest crocodile in July last year. Lolong, who will be remembered as a savage brute of cartoonish proportions, was loved by all who knew him. Well, except for those couple of folks he may have eaten. And their friends and family members. [Source]

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