Monday, November 04, 2024

Has there ever been a friendly crocodile?

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Well, the only one i ever heard of is:

Pocho. The Crocodile of Costa Rica.

Pocho was (he died a few years ago)a american Crocodile who got famous because of his relationship with Chito, the local fisherman(the man on the picture).

Chito founded Pocho dying on the banks of the Reventazón River, someone shot the poor animal on his head through his left eye and left him to die slowly, Chito decided to take him to his home and took care of him for a while, when Pocho recovered, he decided to let him go back to the wild……

But, Pocho came back for him, not to kill him and eat him, but to be with him(no one really knows why Pocho acted so friendly and docile with Chito, some theories way that it's because Pocho’s Brain was damaged by the shot on the head).

Pocho them became his loyal companion and part of the family:

Unfortunately, Pocho died of natural causes in 2011:

It's incredible in my humble opinion.(I'll leave a video bellow)

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