A notorious man-eating crocodile, Gustave, roams the banks of the Ruzizi River and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gustave is a Nile crocodile and is about 6 metres (20 ft) long and weighs about 900 kilograms (2,000 lb). He is said to have killed and eaten many people.[6] Though the actual number is difficult to verify, he is a near-mythical creature and is greatly feared by people in the region.[7]