An enormous Australian crocodile made well-known by its function in Crocodile Dundee has died

An enormous crocodile that turned well-known because of its look within the hit movie Crocodile Dundee has died.

Burt died over the weekend, the Crocosaurus Cove reptile aquarium in Darwin, Australia, introduced. He was at the least 90 years outdated.

“Recognized for his impartial nature, Burt was a confirmed bachelor – an perspective he made clear throughout his early years on a crocodile farm,” Crocosaurus Cove wrote in social media posts.

The aquarium added: “He was not only a crocodile, he was a drive of nature and a reminder of the facility and majesty of those unbelievable creatures. Though his persona might be troublesome, it’s also what made him so memorable and beloved by those that labored with him and by the hundreds of people that visited him over time.

A saltwater crocodile, Burt measured greater than 16 ft lengthy.

It was captured within the Eighties within the Reynolds River and have become one of many world’s best-known crocodiles, in response to Crocosaurus Cove.

The 1986 movie stars Paul Hogan as rugged crocodile hunter Mick Dundee. Within the movie, American Sue Charlton, performed by actress Linda Kozlowski, goes to fill her water bottle in a watering gap when she is attacked by a crocodile earlier than being saved by Dundee.

Burt is briefly proven getting out of the water.

However the creature proven in additional element as Dundee saves the day is seemingly one thing else. The Web Film Database claims that the movie erred in depicting an American alligator, with a blunter snout.

The Australian aquarium the place Burt has lived since 2008 homes a dying cage that he says is the one crocodile diving within the nation. He stated he plans to honor Burt’s legacy with a memorial signal “celebrating his extraordinary life and the tales and interactions he shared all through his time on the park.”