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HomeNewsA 'sweetheart': Cassius the record-breaking croc dies

A ‘sweetheart’: Cassius the record-breaking croc dies

Cassius the record-breaking crocodile, who died after spending almost 40 years in captivity in Queensland, is being remembered as a […]

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