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Meet King Croc the latest addition to Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo
Gulf News
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2/11/2025
Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo add a new saltwater crocodile named King Croc to their exhibition.
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Something big has come to Dubai.
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Something really big.
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Meet King Croc, an enormous saltwater crocodile and the proud new addition to the Dubai Aquarium
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and Underwater Zoo.
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King Croc is 40 years old and has the potential to grow even bigger in the next 50 years of
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his expected lifespan.
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At over 5 meters long and weighing more than 750 kilograms, the equivalent of over 15 fully
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grown men, he is one of the largest representatives of his species.
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His bite force is estimated to be about 3,700 pounds per square inch, the highest bite force
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for any animal.
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His head weighs over 150 kilograms and his 60 razor sharp teeth are the size of an average
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index finger.
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King Croc and his female companion of 20 years now reside in a special enclosure at Underwater
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Zoo that replicates their natural habitat.
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The awe-inspiring reptile comes from a crocodile farm in Australia where he has been residing
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since 1996.
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The actual capture process, it required a large number of people.
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We would have had somewhere in the vicinity of 20 men working on the job.
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Certainly once you've managed to get the first ropes on him, it takes a little bit of willpower
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just to hold him steady and then once we get access to him then we can sedate him and from
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there on it's pretty much a sleep process for the crocodile.
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What's really exciting to see is that within just a week of that transport, King Croc and
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Queen Croc are already interacting so they have their way of talking to each other and
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socializing and they're already doing that which is, that's awesome for us to see.
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And he's even picking up food which, you know, crocodiles can go a year without eating so
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for a crocodile to eat after a week really just means that he's settled in.
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The new home for King Croc and his companion at Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is three
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times the size specified for such species by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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It replicates the environment of Queensland with controlled humidity and constant monitoring
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of air quality and water temperature which is maintained between 28 to 30 degrees Celsius.
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The crocodiles are expected to spend nearly 90% of their time in the central 150 square
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meter pool which has a number of fish species and the remaining time resting on land with
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heated tiles.
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Logan Fish for Gulf News.
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