Discovered a huge array of crocodile head bones

On November 22, Mr. Le Van Hai, living in Truong Khuong, Truong Long commune, Phong Dien district, Can Tho city said a few days ago while digging a pillar hole, his family had discovered a plate of upper jaw bone. and a jaw under the giant crocodile head that exists under the mud layer about 1.5 m above the ground. The location of the discovered bone plate is about 10m from Cay Cam River.

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The land of Mr. Hai's family is building a house, where the giant crocodile bone plate was discovered to exist nearly 1.5m in the ground - (Photo: Thanh Xuan)

The measured bone array has a length of 0.83m, the width of the widest area is 0.43m, each side has 20 pores, weighs 22kg when not dried. Mr. Hai said earlier that the pit miners dug into a strange object that was hard and hard in the soil. Thought to see the big tree, but when digging out all the soil clinging around, bringing it to the bank to wash it, this is a crocodile bone.

Mr. Le Huu Tot (90 years old), Mr. Hai's father, said: ' More than 100 years ago, the land is now Truong Long commune, which is a swampy, murky forest. However, I have never heard of my grandparents and grandchildren telling me that I have heard big crocodiles appear in this land . ' According to local seniors, it is more likely that the crocodile bones exist on the ground for over 100 years.

On November 22, Mr. Le Van Tong, chairman of Truong Long Commune People's Committee, said the locality reported the incident to Can Tho Museum.

Mr. Le Van Hai and Mr. Le Huu Tot (90 years old), Mr. Hai's father, were still not surprised by the huge array of crocodile bones discovered in the land more than 100 years ago, which had many swamps and forests - ( Photo: Thanh Xuan)

Talking to Tuoi Tre, Mr. Huynh Dinh Chung, director of Can Tho Museum affirmed that this is a crocodile bone. ' We have now convinced Mr. Hai's family to hand over the crocodile bone plate to the museum to display for the purpose of sightseeing, scientific research, and the museum will support the family with a part of the cost. Curved detection.

However, Mr. Hai's family asked the museum to spend 40 million VND to hand over the items, so we were very hard to accept , 'Chung said. Meanwhile, representatives of Mr. Hai's family said they would continue to love. with the Can Tho Museum, and said it is an ' antique ' form, so who buys a high price for the family will sell.