How long is the biggest crocodile in the world?
The largest size saltwater crocodiles can reach is the subject of considerable controversy. The longest crocodile ever measured snout-to-tail and verified was the skin of a deceased crocodile, which was 20 feet (6.1 m) long. Given that skins tend to shrink slightly after removal from the carcass, this crocodile’s living length was estimated at 20.7 ft (6.3 m), and it probably weighed well over 1,200 kilograms (2,600 lb).[9] Incomplete remains (the skull of a crocodile shot in Orissa[10]) have been claimed to come from a 7.6-metre (25 ft) crocodile, but scholarly examination suggested a length no greater than 7 metres (23 ft).[9] There have been numerous claims of crocodiles in the 9-metre (30 ft) range: the individual shot in the Bay of Bengal in 1840, reported at 10 metres (33 ft); another killed in 1823 at Jala Jala on the main island of Luzon in the Philippines reported at 8.2 metres (27 ft); a reported 7.6 metres (25 ft) crocodile killed in the Hooghly River in the Alipore District
