Burt, the giant crocodile that featured in hit Australian comedy Crocodile Dundee, has died.
Crocosaurus Cove, an aquarium and exhibition space in Darwin, Australia, where Burt was housed, announced the news on social media, saying that the crocodile “passed away peacefully” and was “estimated to be over 90 years old”.
Burt, a saltwater crocodile, was reported to be 5.1m (16ft 8in) in length and 700kg (110st) in weight and had been at Crocosaurus Cove since 2008. Named after movie star Burt Reynolds, he was captured from the Reynolds River in 1980 and subsequently found by film-makers at a crocodile farm, according to Crocosaurus Cove chief executive Penny Priest.
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