In 52-year-old Costa Rican fisherman Gilberto Shedden nicknamed Chito has an unusual friend - Pocho the crocodile longer than 5 meters, and weighs just doesn't hold up to half a ton. 20 years ago Chito found on the riverbank Parismina wounded crocodile. Reptile hasn't left eye, starving and weighed only 60 kg. He took home a crocodile, six months had been treating him, fed the chickens and fish and even slept there, and then released into the lake near his home. To the surprise of Chito, Pocho crawled ashore and walked behind him. When fearless fisherman first time went into the water next to a crocodile, native turned away in horror. Four years ago, friends persuaded him to skip the game with Pocho viewers, who come from all over the country. Chito enters the lake and the crocodile calls, by the way, the coeval (Pocho 50 years), feeds him and plays with him. He even hugs and kisses hulk to the amazement of the spectators who pay for this amazing spectacle $ 5. "Pocho - my best friend - says fearless fisherman. - Of course, this is a very dangerous occupation, but we have a real friendship with him. " American alligators are less aggressive than their African and Australian counterparts. Nevertheless, this is the first case of friendship between the deadly reptile and man.
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