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Kendrapara museum houses largest croc skull

Kendrapara: The skull of an estuarine crocodile, which is the country’s largest and preserved at a miniature

museum at Kendrapara district in Orissa continues to attract herpetologists.

Shibendu Narayan Bhanjadeo, the scion of erstwhile Kanika Zamindari that ruled the river-locked Rajkanika region for over a century, said that the 76-year-old crocodile skull is the most precious possession of the museum run by a trust.

Noted crocodile experts, including Romalous Whitekar, have certified that the preserved skull is the country’s largest one. In fact, a bigger crocodile skull was at Bhopal, but now it has been damaged due to unscientific preservation, he said.

Bhanjadeo possesses other wildlife trophies that include two skulls of male elephants.

“ My ancestral palace has been converted into a miniature museum and the last vestige of royal clan has been preserved with utmost care,” he said. - PTI

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