Burt, the enormous crocodile that featured in hit Australian comedy Crocodile Dundee, has died.
Crocosaurus Cove, an aquarium and exhibition area in Darwin, Australia, the place Burt was housed, introduced the information on social media, saying that the crocodile “handed away peacefully” and was “estimated to be over 90 years previous”.
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Burt, a saltwater crocodile, was reported to be 5.1m (16ft 8in) in size and 700kg (110st) in weight and had been at Crocosaurus Cove since 2008. Named after film star Burt Reynolds, he was captured from the Reynolds River in 1980 and subsequently discovered by film-makers at a crocodile farm, in keeping with Crocosaurus Cove chief government Penny Priest. In Crocodile Dundee, Burt options in a scene the place American reporter Sue Charlton (performed by Linda Kozlowski) is rescued by Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) from a crocodile assault. Whereas a lot of the sequence was shot utilizing fashions, Priest stated: “The scene … was really filmed utilizing the motions of Burt and him launching out of the water.”
Burt was additionally used because the mannequin for visible results for the 2007 killer-croc movie Rogue, and in 2018 grew to become Australia’s reply to Paul the octopus, appropriately predicting the results of the World Cup last by opting to chew a French flag than a Croatian one with rooster items hooked up.
Crocosaurus Cove stated that Burt’s “fiery temperament” meant that he was a “confirmed bachelor”. Priest added: “Burt was a drive of nature, he was one in all a form and had an excellent character.”