Outback wrangler Matt Wright catches second biggest croc ever recorded in Australia

THE second biggest croc ever caught in Australia has been captured by Outback Wrangler Matt Wright in the Northern Territory.

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has caught the second biggest croc on record in Australia

THE second biggest crocodile ever caught in Australia has been hauled in by the Northern Territory’s own Outback wrangler Matt Wright.

The giant beast measured 5.58m and weighed in at a massive 890kg, making it bigger than the Territory’s own superstar croc, Brutus, which is estimated to be around 5.5 meters.

While reports are yet to be verified, it is anticipated to be the second largest crocodile ever captured in Australia, the NT News reported.

The croc is thought to have been captured towards the end of 2015 but Wright only made the details and images public yesterday.

According to the Guinness World Records, Cassius, a male saltwater crocodile caught in the Finniss River in the NT, is recognised as the world’s largest crocodile in captivity at 5.48m in length, and weighing in at 968kg.

He remains on show at Green Island in Queensland.

Adelaide River giant Dominator — and Brutus’ neighbour — has never been officially measured, but it is estimated that he is 6.1 metres in length and weighs over a ton.

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has caught the biggest crocodile of his career, weighing in at 890kgs and measuring 18.3ft long.

The NT’s much-loved Sweetheart, whose body is on permanent display at the Museum and Art Gallery in Darwin, was 5.1m long and weighed 780kg when he was caught in 1979.

Sweetheart was renowned for a series of attacks on outboard motors, dinghies, and fishing boat in NT waters between 1974 and 1979 when he was wrangled.

The biggest crocodile ever caught in the world was said to be a 7.01m giant male saltwater crocodile weighing 2000kg named Kalia, from India.

Lolong, who died in 2013, was a saltwater crocodile that measured 6.17m and weighed 1075kg, making him one of the largest crocodiles ever measured from snout-to-tail.

In November 2011, Territorian crocodile expert Dr. Adam Britton of National Geographic sedated and measured Lolong in his enclosure in the Philippines and confirmed him as the world’s largest crocodile ever caught and placed in captivity

Matt Wright is a well-known Territory chopper pilot, animal expert and star of the hit National Geographic series Outback Wrangler.

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