Spyder's Web
This photo is said to be a Nile crocodile by the name of Gustave. He lives in Burundi and is estimated to be 60-70 years old, over 20 ft in length and weighs about a ton, making him much larger than your average Nile crocodile. He is noted for having several old bullet wounds, including one in his goddamn face.
But his real claim to fame is that he has supposedly killed around 300 people and is still going strong.
It’s theorized that he does it because he’s so goddamn fat and can’t catch his usual prey, and people are generally pretty slow and easy to grab. But locals claim that he doesn’t actually even eat most of the people he kills- he just does it for sport.
All attempts to capture or kill him have failed. One team attempted to capture him in a large cage filled with bait, and Gustave just hung around outside it as if to taunt them. Because Gustave did not live nearly twice as long as your average croc just to fall into some obvious trap.
They also made a terrible and inaccurate movie about him! We will not speak of it.
In summary: Crocodiles are assholes.

This photo is said to be a Nile crocodile by the name of Gustave. He lives in Burundi and is estimated to be 60-70 years old, over 20 ft in length and weighs about a ton, making him much larger than your average Nile crocodile. He is noted for having several old bullet wounds, including one in his goddamn face.

But his real claim to fame is that he has supposedly killed around 300 people and is still going strong.

It’s theorized that he does it because he’s so goddamn fat and can’t catch his usual prey, and people are generally pretty slow and easy to grab. But locals claim that he doesn’t actually even eat most of the people he kills- he just does it for sport.

All attempts to capture or kill him have failed. One team attempted to capture him in a large cage filled with bait, and Gustave just hung around outside it as if to taunt them. Because Gustave did not live nearly twice as long as your average croc just to fall into some obvious trap.

They also made a terrible and inaccurate movie about him! We will not speak of it.

In summary: Crocodiles are assholes.

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