A town in the southern Philippines plans to hold funeral rites for the world’s largest saltwater crocodile which has died after becoming ill in an eco-tourism park.

The world’s largest saltwater crocodile in captivity has died in the Philippines, leaving villagers in tears in a backwater town that shot to prominence because of the immense reptile.

Guinness World Records has declared that a huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines is the largest in captivity in the world.

Guinness World Records has declared that a huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines is the largest in captivity in the world.