Crocodile Dundee’s Real Star, Burt the Croc, Dies at 90

Burt is best known as the “bastard” saltwater alligator Crocodile Dundee, died over the weekend. Long live Burt.

Along with the knife, there wouldn’t be Crocodile Dundee without crocodiles, and Burt both appeared in the 1986 film, and is said to have inspired a prop alligator that almost swallowed reporter Sue Charlton (played by Linda Kozlowski) in one critical scene.

Burt “died peacefully” at Crocosaurus Cove, a herpetarium and aquarium in Darwin, Australia He wrote on Facebookshe guessed he lived well into his 90s.

Burt, named after the late actor Burt Reynolds and weighing around 1,500 pounds, is the central conflict in the Australian-American action-comedy. crocodile rising from murky waters Just as Charlton went in to cool off and have a drink, she (or rather, the prop claiming to be her) suddenly grabbed the canteen around his neck with her big, big, pointy teeth. In the nick of time, voyeur Mick Dundee (played by Paul Hogan) leaps into frame and mercilessly stabs Bertie to death with his iconic knife.

The trauma of the event binds the characters and culminates in a hug. In Dundee’s arms, Charlton asks, “Is he dead?” Dundee replies, “well, if not, I’ll have a hell of a job skinning the bastard.”

According to the Crocosaurus Cove post, Bert’s on-screen personality wasn’t just fiction. The aquarium described him as a “fiery”, “fierce” and “tough” crocodile who went on to become a popular “crocodile education ambassador”. The site called him a “confirmed bachelor” – an attitude he made clear during his early years at the crocodile farm.

According to social media posts, Bert first came to the farm in the 1980s after being captured from the Reynolds River in Australia’s Northern Territory. The largest reptiles living today are also home to saltwater crocodiles East India and Southeast Asia. They are not listed as endangered, although National Geographic notes that the species’ “man-eating reputation” is putting “pressure on the population.” films like Crocodile Dundeeas are the experts Steven Spielberg has a connection Jaws (1975) to harmful consequences for sharks.

On Facebook, visitors to Crocosaurus Cove shared their colorful memories of Burt and wished the mighty reptile well on the big side.

“I hope the rivers are full of tasty fish where you are right now,” said one commenter sincerely. “Hopefully that WD will charge and not burn,” said another.