Dallas World Aquarium (DWA) education director Arden Holm has told VHeadline.com that three months of information has been collected about the habits of Venezuela's 15 foot (4.7 meter) long Orinoco Crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius), nicknamed "El Munstruo" since it was transferred to an environmentally-friendly area close to the Rio Orinoco for its own and public safety ... "it's fitted with a satellite transmitter giving us a good picture of its daily whereabouts."

• Holm admits that signal trackers have been concerned about the crocodile's safety after losing signals ... "the transmitter must not be underwater when the satellite passes over for us to receive a reading ... cloudy skies can also prevent transmissions."

Contact was lost for twelve days after "El Munstro" entered the main Orinoco River, but nerves were restored after signals indicated that the crocodile had returned to Laguna Ancha, its preferred home.

"El Munstruo" is the largest freshwater Orinoco crocodile to ever be captured and released in Venezuela and is listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as Appendix I, the most critically endangered classification.

Venezuelan partner, Environment & Renewable Natural Resources (MARNR) Ministry Wildlife & Fishery Service (Profauna) has so far failed to answer VHeadline.com inquiries into their role in preserving "El Munstruo."