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Burt, the giant crocodile from Crocodile Dundee, dies aged 90

The reptile, who later became Australia’s answer to Paul the octopus, ‘passed away peacefully’ in Darwin

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”. While much of the sequence was shot using models, Priest said: “The scene … was actually filmed using the motions of Burt and him launching out of the water.” Burt was also used as the model for visual effects for the 2007 killer-croc film Rogue, and in 2018 became Australia’s answer to Paul the octopus, correctly predicting the result of the World Cup final by preferring to bite a French flag than a Croatian one with chicken pieces attached.

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