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Traveller Poses With Deadly Crocodile


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It's the holiday snap that could have very easily become, well, a snap of an altogether more painful sort.

This was the moment a daring traveller posed for a picture with a crocodile - even rubbing its back and lifting its tail.

Kristina Smith, 25, got close to the predator at the Paga Crocodile Pond in Ghana, in a village where they are thought to be sacred.

Perhaps she wasn't aware that it's not just a croc's jaws that are dangerous - they creatures use their tails to swim up to 25mph and even propel themselves off the ground to catch prey.

https://uk.news.yaho...-120323589.html

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"The student admitted she was ‘terrified’ but her two guides assured her it was safe to go in for the picture." :(

Luckily nothing happened but it's a slap those guides are due. :)

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The student admitted she was ‘terrified’ but her two guides assured her it was safe to go in for the picture.

I can assure her that the bridge I'm offering for sale is a bargain, and she will make a lot of money from buying it. So, will she believe me?

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I can assure her that the bridge I'm offering for sale is a bargain, and she will make a lot of money from buying it. So, will she believe me?

Do that regular do you?

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I'd entitle this one more along the line of : "Deadly Crocodile Poses With Stupid Tourist".

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domesticated Crocs are relatively safe ... as long as they are well fed ~

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If it came when the guide whistled, I would think it was domesticated and used to people. Not saying I would go anywhere near it myself

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It should read "Deadly Traveler poses with Crocodile." You don't see crocs turning us into handbags...

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5 hours ago, AustinHinton said:

It should read "Deadly Traveler poses with Crocodile." You don't see crocs turning us into handbags...

You don't see humans eating crocs while they are alive.

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41 minutes ago, Myles said:

You don't see humans eating crocs while they are alive.

More crocs have died at our hands than we have at theirs. 

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29 minutes ago, AustinHinton said:

More crocs have died at our hands than we have at theirs. 

 I wonder if that is true if you go through the entire existence of humans?

You're probably still right.  

 

However, as for me, it's much more likely that the croc would kill me.

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All around us, we see stark reminders that Darwin got it right about natural selection.  The stupid will eventually be eaten by crocs or sharks or bison, and the smarter-than-that reap the benefits of continued existence.

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Those sacred crocs are more likely to take a chunk out of you just for irritating them. 

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7 hours ago, Myles said:

 I wonder if that is true if you go through the entire existence of humans?

You're probably still right.  

 

However, as for me, it's much more likely that the croc would kill me.

Hundreds of crocs and alligators are killed for the trinket and leather trades each year.

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