A young Jim Darlington, now Curator of Reptiles, feeding Gomek; Giant Saltwater crocodile from Papua New Guinea. Gomek arrived in 1989 and passed away in 1997. This legendary crocodile was almost 18 feet long and weighed over a ton!
Gomek is currently preserved in our Gomek's Pavilion. Maximo & Sydney now reside in this pool enclosure, where Jim Darlington takes care of them, too.
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