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I wonder how old it is?

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Measuring the longevity of crocodiles can be very difficult, because they live for such a long time. Reliable age records are more difficult to come by, and typically derive from captive animals which has problems (see below). The image on the left is Gomek, who died in February 1997 at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. He was 17.9 feet when he died, and around 70 to 80 years old. He was captured in Papua New Guinea as an adult, and his age at that time was unknown, although he grew less than a foot in the 20 years he remained in Florida.

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Bearing these inaccuracies in mind, the oldest crocodilians appear to be the largest species. C. porosus is estimated to live around 70 years on average, and there is limited evidence that some individuals may exceed 100 years. Certainly, individuals in many aboriginal tribes recognise very old crocodiles that have been alive for as long as they can remember. The same is true of C. niloticus, which probably lives nearly as long as the saltwater crocodile. One of the oldest crocodiles recorded died in a zoo in Russia apparently aged 115 years old. Unfortunately, the news report did not identify the species.

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