Meet Henry, the world’s oldest crocodile who gave birth to thousands of babies
The world’s oldest crocodile is now recognized as a massive 16-foot beast that weighed 700 kg and gave birth to hundreds of hatchlings. Introducing Henry, the 123-year-old man-eating Nile crocodile who, according to the zoo where he resides, has father over 10,000 kids with his six “wives.”
According to the Sun, Henry was born on December 16, 1900, in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Henry, who has a length that almost equals a minibus, is renowned for his enormous size and scary fang-like fangs. It is currently thought that Henry is the biggest crocodile alive. from his history is anything from typical.
Henry had a bad reputation among the native tribes of Botswana around the beginning of the 20th century, when it was said that he preyed on human infants. The crocodile was named after renowned hunter Sir Henry Neumann, who the tribes turned to in their desperation to overthrow his ruthless rule. Henry was sentenced to a lifetime of imprisonment by Mr. Neumann, who did not kill the beast.
Henry has resided at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in Scottburgh, South Africa, for the last thirty years. He is one of the oldest crocodiles in captivity and still amazes guests there with his size and age. His existence as a zoo exhibit, where people admire him from a safe distance, contrasts sharply with his evil, man-eating background.
Henry belongs to the species of Nile crocodiles, which may be found in 26 Sub-Saharan African nations. Due to the viciousness of these apex predators, hundreds of people in the area lose their lives to them every year.
Henry is the oldest crocodile, while Cassius, an Australian saltwater crocodile that is 16 feet tall, is the biggest. On Green Island, off the coast of Queensland, Cassius was caught in 1984 and is now a popular attraction at the Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat.
