In the real world, he’d have his suffering put to rest by being quickly killed and eaten.
But humans have this stupid feeling of compassion and good will towards weaklings, the sick and the old. Which means humans cultivate suffering instead of just letting it go and accepting death as a part of nature.
How old was it. And BTW, Hewi, you are mostly right but it sounds like linkxgl had a well… brain fart.
Oh, about how it lived for that long, reptiles are very rugged. That’s why they have been around so long. I think a certain type of crocadile can live more than 18 months without food.