developed. The team then located Gustave and installed and baited the trap, placing a hidden infrared camera inside as well. Several kinds of bait were used, yet none of them attracted Gustave or any other creature. The scientists then strategically installed three giant snares on certain banks to increase their chances of capture; although smaller crocodiles were caught by the traps, Gustave was not. In the last week before being forced to leave the country, the team placed a live goat in the cage. Nothing happened until one night, the camera failed during stormy weather. The next morning, the cage was found partially submerged, and the goat had disappeared. The team speculated that the rising waters helped the goat to escape or that the cage had failed, but without the camera recording, no conclusion could be drawn. Sightings and possible death In 2009, Gustave appeared in the Ruzizi River near Lake Tanganyika. In a 2019 article about travel in Burundi, a writer for Travel Africa Magazine reported learning that Gustave had been killed. It is not said how he was killed or by whom and no photographic evidence has ever surfaced, leaving these claims dubious until more concrete evidence is brought forward. In fiction Gustave was the basis of the film Primeval (originally titled Gustave). See also Lolong, the largest crocodile in captivity until his death on February 10, 2013. References Individual crocodiles Environment of Burundi Man-eaters 1955 animal births Individual wild animals