{"id":9743,"date":"2024-11-03T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/03\/worlds-largest-captive-crocodile-dies-in-australia-aged-more-than-100\/"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:50:10","slug":"worlds-largest-captive-crocodile-dies-in-australia-aged-more-than-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/03\/worlds-largest-captive-crocodile-dies-in-australia-aged-more-than-100\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s largest captive crocodile dies in Australia aged more than 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm309ssb3000v2cpc2dri3osm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest crocodile in captivity has died, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday. He was thought to be more than 110 years old.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm309wml800073b6m73rkcv3l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Cassius, weighing in at more than one ton, had been in declining health since October 15, Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat said on Facebook.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm309wml800083b6mn3r0wr5d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cHe was very old and believed to be living beyond the years of a wild Croc,\u201d according to a post by the organisation, based on Green Island near the Queensland tourist town of Cairns.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm309wml800093b6muo60qfva@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cCassius will be deeply missed, but our love and memories of him will remain in our hearts forever.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm309wml8000a3b6m25voccrr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The group\u2019s website said he had lived at the sanctuary since 1987 after being transported from the neighbouring Northern Territory, where crocodiles are a key part of the region\u2019s tourist industry.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm309wml8000b3b6mbylj9g58@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Cassius, a saltwater crocodile, held the Guinness World Records title as the world\u2019s largest crocodile in captivity.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm309wml8000c3b6mh9dojrux@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He took the title after the 2013 death of Philippines crocodile Lolong, who measured 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in) long, according to Guinness.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}