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How scientists are working out the true age of Cassius the crocodile

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Cassius the 'living dinosaur' died in Australia at a suspected age of 120 .

The 18 -ft croc was captured in the 1980s and lived in Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat on Green Island , off the coast of Cairns , Queensland .

At the time, experts estimated his age to be 80 , which means by the time he died last weekend he was assumed to be 120 or maybe even more.

Following his passing scientists have performed a necropsy in an effort to work out Cassius ' true age.

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