How Did This Man Befriend Pocho The Crocodile?

The story of Pocho the Crocodile and his human friend.

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[marquis]

It’s not due to brain damage, the calmness pocho has is solely with chito, because when chito brought another man in the water in a documentary pocho was getting aggressive and chito had to calm him down

[Sbrabson]

In the documentary, there’s a gentlemen who gets in the water with him and the crocodile and the crocodile freaks out and showed signs of aggression causing him to have to leave the water. Their relationship was not due to the crocodile having brain damage! Watch the documentary!

[ladaca-yixm]

Dont reduce this amazing friendship to the croc having brain damage. I guarantee you couldn't have gotten in that water with that crocodile. That relationship was pure trust, God and that mans sheer love for that animal.

[loganrobson]

His wife left him cuz she was jealous of the Crocodile getting all of her husband’s attention

[infinityzer]

“Nobody knows what happened to Gustav”

Giving a piggyback ride to a gharial would be a crazy venture

Croc/gator weaknesses: back of the neck, top of the skull, under the neck, underbelly, seal inside the mouth, the eyes, the nose, jaw strength(all crush, very hard to open up)

[lichtetred]

The youtube channel "GatorChris" is run by a guy who trains alligators and crocodiles and he explains in multiple videos what's really going on with Poncho is just that Poncho's been conditioned to not see the guy as a threat.. 'GatorChris' can do basically all the things this guy does with Poncho with different alligators and crocodiles when they're properly trained an conditioned.. But he'll continue stressing it's not because of some "magical bond" he's able to do this, it's just got to do with understanding animal behaviour..

[jen-a-purr]

That has always been a special story. Bc it’s real. It’s hard to believe but when you watch the video it’s just like you know they were besties

[paradisecostarica]

When Paco died all of Costa Rica took notice, and the people in the town where Chito and Paco lived organice a funeral for Paco... So yeah... Pura Vida.!

[chazvriseno]

I love that this comment section is a arguing with a crocodile specialist on crocodile behavior 😂😂

[stringbender]

There’s this Florida alligator YouTube channel this man and women swim with alligators. Ik they nothing like crocs but He even goes into water with wild ones bc he knows them so well. Knows how they work not knows them personally. He says they are not his pets or love him or anything like that he just doesn’t trigger their instincts and feeds them.

[JulioRad]

The brain damage was not the causality of this relationship, its some sort of rare bond that can happen which we don't understand.

[KingOfTheJackals]

I want ro rub a croc belly. 😢 always love hearing about this story. Glad you covered it!

[tonyk]

Momma said.
There onery, cuz they have all them teeth and no toothbrush.

[genkill]

You need to check out riska the crocodile. It’s a huge saltwater crocodile that this little guy has made friends with it he even gets in the water with it.

[peterborelli]

You are so wrong about alligators. They are not primarily fish eaters. They are opportunist hunters and will eat anything they can catch.
Since 1948, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has recorded over 450 alligator bites on people in the state, with 30 of them being fatal.
According to Wikipedia, in the same period of time there were only 88 shark attacks in the whole of the United States (this includes Hawaii).

Alligators regularly go after dogs and in Florida people are advised not to have animals with them on a boat.
People are also advised not to go in the water or even to the water's edge at dusk because that's when they feed.
Alligators are much more dangerous to people than sharks are.

[NEELSBothma-pmrj]

Hi friends. Many crucified me for having a friendship with my black mamba. ( Swartbek) as from the black interior of her mouth.. But some do not understand what happened, and they spread negative rumors..

[the_veezy]

Have you guys done extinct or alive for the ivory billed woodpecker?

[vinicioparedes]

i wanna watch clips of this crocodile not listen these nerds hear themselves talk

[Mrbootyman]

I quickly skimmed through some articles and they said he was feeding this croc chicken so what's happening where the croc is still able to eat but doesn't react to the man as food?

[bbygrl]

That actually makes sense if the crack was a little bit brain damaged from the bullet and that's what made him act differently.