Two monster crocodiles were killed just days apart after officials failed to capture them because they were so big.
The first croc was shot after it tried to attack a child.
Experts attempted to catch it three times over five hours.
The 4.5-metre-long (14’ 9”), 1.2-ton beast had been spotted by locals, who called the authorities.
When officials arrived on the scene, they found the enormous reptile under a house.
After repeatedly failing to entangle it, they killed it with seven shots.
They then removed its carcass from the scene on the back of a pickup truck on Monday (11 Dec).
It happened in Kampung Desa Bajau, Tawau, on the Malaysian part of the island of Borneo.
Three days later on Thursday (14 Dec), another monster croc was spotted behind a person’s house in nearby Kampung Remang, Lahad Datu.
The reptile wasn’t weighed, but officials said it was even longer than the first croc, measuring 4.8 metres (15’ 9”) long.
It is not clear how long Wildlife Department officers spent trying to capture it, but they ended up killing it with eight shots.
Its carcass was also removed from the scene on the back of a pickup truck for disposal.
It is not clear what species the massive crocodiles belonged to, but two are known to be present on Borneo.
They are the saltwater crocodile and the false gharial
The former is plentiful in the wild, while the latter is an endangered species.
Both are considered dangerous to humans.
Famed writer Robert Walter Campbell Shelford spoke of Borneo’s crocodiles in his posthumous 1916 book ‘A Naturalist in Borneo’.
He wrote: “Of all the reptiles of Borneo by far the most important, when it is considered in relation to man, is the crocodile.”
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