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Fisherman's 'inseparable relationship' with crocodile

  • 28-09-2010 03:48PM
    #1
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭


    Link(with footage)
    A fisherman in Costa Rica has been explaining his unusual relationship with a crocodile called "Pocho", who he plays with like a pet dog.

    Chito says he found the reptile with a gunshot wound 20 years ago on the banks of the Parismina river and nursed him back to health at his home.

    He says he released Pocho into the wild but he followed him back, and the pair have been inseparable ever since.

    Found this a bit mad. Didn't think reptiles had this kind of capacity for friendliness with humans.... Are crocodiles far superior mentally than other reptiles or is this just a very odd case?


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  • #2
    mikhail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,862 ✭✭✭mikhail


    Most crocodile handlers don't seem to develop anything like that kind of bond, and are in constant danger of being attacked, but there do seem to be rare cases where a crocodile becomes fairly tame. Here's another example:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1078183.stm


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