Gustave (crocodile)

Gustave is a large male Nile crocodile living in Burundi. In 2004 he was estimated to be 60 years old, between 18 and 21 feet in length and to weigh around 1 ton.^[2] He is rumoured to have consumed as many as 300 humans from the banks of the Ruzizi River and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika. Though that number is difficult to prove, Gustave has attained a near-mythical status and is greatly feared by people in the region. Scientists and herpetologists who have studied Gustave claim that his uncommon size and weight impedes the crocodile's ability to hunt the species' usual, agile prey such as fish, antelope and zebra, forcing him to attack larger animals such as hippopotamus, large wildebeest and, to some extent, humans. According to a popular local warning, he is said to hunt and leave his victims' corpses uneaten.^[2]

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