Henry the giant crocodile, who has sired 10,000 babies, celebrates 124th birthday

Nile crocodile with head above water.

Henry the world's oldest known crocodile is celebrating his 124^th birthday at a conservation center in South Africa today (Dec. 16).

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) has lived at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in Scottburgh, South Africa since 1985. He was originally captured in the Okavango Delta in Botswana in 1903.