They captured a 4-meter crocodile and found something amazing in its stomach

A group of hunters managed to capture a huge crocodile from four meters long and over 300 kilos, and although they thought it would be the biggest feat, they were surprised when they went to a processing plant in Mississippi, USA to dissect it: in his stomach were precious historical pieces.

The shocking images only corroborate the dimensions of the incredible creature of 340 kilos captured by hunter John Hamilton, who poses while holding the animal with Jordan Hackl, Todd and Landon Hollingsworth.

Shane Smith, owner of Red Antler’s processing plant in Yazoo City, said he was examining the crocodile’s stomach when he discovered two unusual objects.

They found inside the animal an arrowhead and a plumb bob (a heavy teardrop-shaped instrument) which historians say were stones used by Native Americans thousands of years ago. , RT reports.

“We cut a few large crocodiles to see what was in their stomachs. So far everyone has had something good there. But the four-meter crocodile brought today by John Hamilton produced surprise of the year“They spread on the Red Antler Facebook page about the find.

Smith initially assumed that the alligator may have eaten an arrow someone shot at it, but that was not strictly the case.

Then he thought that it was probably a piece that was lying around and that the reptile was eating in an attempt to aid digestion, since these species of animals sometimes swallow pebbles to break the hardest pieces of the bones that are left behind. ‘they ingest.

James Starnes, director of surface geology for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, reviewed a photo of the arrowhead and provided his knowledge of the object.

Confirmed that this is the tip of a primitive weapon of about 5,000 to 6,000 years agowhile the plumb line dated from around from 1700 BC

The object is made of hematite or ferric oxide, and was already used at that time in fishing to weigh nets. Despite its classic teardrop shape, Starnes isn’t entirely sure if this is in fact a plumb bob.

Source: Clarin