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williamdrumm Thanks to @roamfor sharing this croc footage from a while back. 🤙
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Would you swim with wild crocodiles? @williamdrummdid, and calls it one of the greatest adventures of his life. ⠀
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“This is in Banco Chinchorro in Southern Quintana Too, Mexico, which is one of only a few places in the world where people swim with wild crocodiles,” he recalls. “Banco Chinchorro has one of the world’s largest populations of American Crocodiles. Crocodylus acutus can grow to over 15 ft in length and weigh more than 2,000 lbs. The crocs live in a lagoon on the interior of the island and come out of the mangroves into the saltwater to hunt. This was one of the single greatest adventures of my life—the whole experience, not just the croc diving. We stayed two nights in a fisherman’s small hut in hammocks. Handlers would call the crocs out from the lagoon right to the hut, where two people and a safety diver interact with the large crocodiles. It was calm and not particularly scary while in the water with the animals. However once I exited the water and looked at my videos, I couldn’t believe where I was minutes ago—a foot away from a wild croc with my camera running.” ⠀
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>> Video by @williamdrumm#roam247