Stuffed ‘Lolong’ finds new home in the National Museum

The remains of "Lolong",  a crocodile once certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest held in captivity, was transferred to the National Museum's forthcoming Natural History nook.

It took 12 people to lift the crocodile's more than six meter-long body to its new home, GMA 7 news program "24 Oras" reported on Tuesday.

The museum hopes that the Lolong display would revitalize interest in Philippine wildlife.

Lolong was a saltwater crocodile that was found in 2011 in Agusan del Sur's Bunawan Creek. He was held in captivity at the Bunawan's Eco-park and Wildlife Reservation Center, but died from pneumonia and a heart-attack in 2013.

With Lolong's death, the title of the country's biggest croc went to "Pangil", who can be seen in the Davao Crocodile park. — Margaret Claire Layug/DVM, GMA News