Talk:Saltwater crocodile

largest on land?

Crocodiles are not so much land animals as amphibious animals, as is the walrus. Crocs 1000kg; walrus 2000kg: therefore the sentence as written is incorrect. The walrus is the heaviest amphibious animal. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:40, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually saltwater crocodiles weigh about 1500kg instead of 1000kg and also evidence for saltwater crocodiles 22+feet can be found on this site http://madrascrocbank.blogspot.com/2008/08/worlds-biggest-crocodiles.html. You can actually tell the size of a crocodile by it's skull if it is already dead and no other part of the body is missing. All you have to do is multiply by a factor of 7.5, a formula which has been tested by many herpotologists. For example there is a skull of a large saltwater crocodile named Kalia which measures 30 inches long and weighs 70 pounds so when multiplying it the length come out as 22 feet 5 inches long for the entire animal.

Thanks for the information. I have added a section called "Other websites" and have added the link to the site you have given above.--Peterdownunder (talk) 20:38, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Does it mean it is okay to put 22+feet back up Peterdownunder?

The point is that saltwater crocodiles do grow 20+feet long but with most extraordinary animals it is extremely rare and such animals are seldom seen.

Here is another very accurate crocodile size site http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/cbd-faq-q2.htm. It talks about how crocodiles 20 feet and over are and it also mentions a couple of accurate records.

Actually Mcdonald your forgeting the elephant seal which can weigh 11,000 pounds 5.5tons and measure 22 feet long.

Thank you, duly amended. I've used typical weights. Macdonald-ross (talk)

06:19, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

The truth is Mcdonald that most of the giant crocodiles killed in the wild are so heavy that few have been accuraltey weighed although based on analysis from a dead 20 foot 3 inch crocodile the current weight is some where around the range of 2,900-3,300 pounds.

Issues with sizes

Over the past 26 hours or so, there have been a series of edits disputing the maximum length of this species (reverting from 6.30 to 6.32 metres, and so forth).

Firstly, 20.7 feet converts to 6.309 metres. Even by rounding off to 3 significant figures, 20.7 feet is at most 6.31 metres. If you insist on 6.32 m, you will need to cite a reliable source and also handle the figure that is in imperial units. Currently, the figure stands at 6.3, cited from Britton, et al (2012): "the best documented evidence of a record-sized crocodile comes from Obo village ... authors considered [6.2 m] likely an underestimate ... suggesting a TL (total length) closer to 6.3 m ... this is still considered the largest C. porosus ever measured and documented."

As has been mentioned on EN, Wood (1983) does not appear to reliably support (if at all) the maximum size of this species. I have removed the citation. Details of the removed citation can be found in the page history.

Finally, I note that this issue is also being discussed on en:Talk:Saltwater crocodile. Kindly refrain from your similar behaviour on EN of not discussing edits, WelcometoJurassicPark, or we will consider imposing a topic ban on you. Similar Guinness claims of largest/heaviest animals must be carefully considered together with existing scientific literature, and undue weight should not be given to a single claim compared to existing claims from established sources. Chenzw  Talk  12:15, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Upon a more careful review of the page history, it turns out that the order/precedence of metric/imperial units were changed. My apologies for the error. Citation of reliable sources is still required prior to modifying the figures in the article. Chenzw  Talk  12:26, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Not taking any sides in this issue, but I want to make clear to everyone involved that the difference between 6.3 M and 6.32 M is 2 cm or about 3/4 of an inch. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  13:58, 2 June 2016 (UTC)