Pocho was a Crocodile named by his rescuer Gilberto Aka Chito who was a local fisherman. Chito found Pocho dying on the river banks(Reventazon River) Costa Rica, the reptile was shot in the head through the left eye by a local cattle farmer. Chito then treated, trained and nurtured Pocho for over 6 months in the process building trust with the reptile. After the croc's healt imporoved he was released in a nearby river to return to the wild but the croc refused to go back to its natural habitat. Pocho was allowed to live in the water outside Chito's home and was considered a member of his family alongside his wife and daughter. Chito and Pocho then became famous with their weekly performance for more than a decadein an artificial lake for tourists around the world. The 2014 video documentary "Dragon feast was made about the pair by South African wildlife Cinematographer Roger horrocks shortly before Pocho's death. Horrocks speculated in his documentary that the gunshot wound to Pocho's head might have damaged the croc's brain, whereby the usual instinctive behavior of the crocodile changed as a result, Chito stated that after 2 or 3 years something could happen, maybe but after 23 years of loving each other, nothing ever happened. One of Pocho's behavior was to rush at Chito with his mouth open when he entered the water, before closing his mouth before he got too close, allowing a kiss on his snout instead. Pocho died of natural causes in the water outside Chito's home on 12th October 2011, following a public funeral held for the croc which was attended by friends and admirers. Pocho's taxidermied remains are on permanent display behind glass in the Siquirres town museum, Costa Rica.

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It’s humans that made some animals to become wild, wild animals never existed in the beginning.

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Rough play like this I know dey try am o

Reminds me of Kelvin and his lion

This guy must have a little sense

Iyaebe:
It’s humans that made some animals to become wild, wild animals never existed in the beginning.

By humans! Iwanna believe you meant Men..

Ialways find your posts hilarious

Candidlady:



By humans! Iwanna believe you meant Men..

Ialways find your posts hilarious

Ofcourse it’s men na, they were asked to only tilled the soil ooo but they added killing of animals to it and in turn some of the animals became wild so as to protect themselves

Crocodile friendly with human... That one get brain damage oo for it to be talking humans for crocs.

Adorable... almost cool but dangerous nevertheless.

Each time they keep these wild animals in captivity for shows/revenue generation, they always start off with a story of how the animal was rescued from some dangerous situation and how it has refused to go back into the wild just to create the impression these beasts are willingly doing the shows.

While some of these stories might be true, we've long learned that a lot them are not. Yes, animals raised in captivity would neither want to go into the wild nor survive there. But any beast born in the wild is better off in the wild. Don't condition thier minds and turn around to say they now love you more than thier fellow crocodiles. Did the they also ask to be trained as performers? Animals used for shows are overly stressed by the workload, the artificial environment and the absence of peers, and that could be dangerous to both the animals and the trainers. Except for those bred in captivity, these adult animals are better off in thier natural habitats or in reserves. Just saying.

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I will only rescue a crocodile if it's end point will be inside my stomach

Iyaebe:
Ofcourse it’s men na, they were asked to only tilled the soil ooo but they added killing of animals to it and in turn some of the animals became wild so as to protect themselves

WILD LIFE IS A BANGER!!