PHILIPPINES-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMAL-CROCODILE-OFFBEAT

PHILIPPINES-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMAL-CROCODILE-OFFBEAT

Workers put ice blocks on to the remains of the 6.17 metre (20.24-foot) saltwater crocodile named “Lolong” on February 11, 2013, in the town of Bunawan, Agusan del Sur province on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. The world’s largest saltwater crocodile in captivity has died in the southern Philippines, 17 months after it was captured and displayed in a small pond, his caretakers said on February 11. AFP PHOTO/Erwin Mascarinas