This guy kisses and cuddles with a crocodile


	This guy kisses and cuddles with a crocodile

clip-on-tie

8-16-2009 8:08 PM

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poncho + chito

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'After 10 years I started to work with him,' he says. 'At first it was slow, slow and I started to play with him a little, touching him a little bit and then slowly doing more. Then I found that when I called his name he would come over to me.'

Today tourists travel from all over the world to see the unusual spectacle.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206872/Crocodile-crazy-The-man-enjoys-giving-dangerous-companion-cuddle.html#ixzz0OOUzsAHg

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8-16-2009 10:39 PM

wiccantexan

That grizzly guy got pretty chummy with the bears too, until they ate him.

8-17-2009 11:04 AM

tanyamm

Crocs sometimes play with their food first, don't they?

8-17-2009 11:16 AM

jay8h

The croc is fattening up his prey before he eats him.

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