PHOTOS: A Man's Friendship With Crocodile

Deep in Costa Rica jungle, a fisherman named Chito found a crocodile that have been shot in the eye by a cattle farmer and left for dead.


Chito was able to drag the massive reptile into his boat and bought him to his house, where he stayed in his for months, nursing him back to health.
Chico named the croc 'Pocho'. "I stayed by Pocho side while he was ill, sleeping next to him at night.

Pocho is roughly 17 feet long, they both play, wrestle and hug on daily basis.
The bond, Chito said, it took years to forge.

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