11-foot, 700-pound crocodile captured in Lake Tarpon

Thanks to conservation measures, Florida's endangered crocodile population has grown the past 20 years from 300 to about 2,000, a wildlife official said.

Still, it was rare to have one cavorting as far north as the Tampa Bay area, much less in Lake Tarpon in northwest Pinellas County.

That's where one was nabbed this week by an alligator trapper from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

FWC spokesman Gary Morse said officials believe the 11-foot, 700-pound crocodile had been in the area over the past year, possibly making its way north via rivers and other waterways.

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