Sunday, October 16, 2011

Pocho the friendly Costa Rican crocodile

  Pocho the friendly Costa Rican crocodile has died in the Caribbean town of Siquirres.
The 50-year-old crocodile gained international fame for his weekly Sunday show he performed with owner Gilberto Sheedan.
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  Olga Valle, wife of Sheedan, said: "All of the people in the village have offered their condolences and assistance."
Chito, 54, described the one-eyed crocodile 'domesticated'. He could command Pocho to do tricks such as winking its one good eye, lifting its head and tail out of the water, rolling over and permitting Chito to stick his head inside the massive reptile's maw.
Chito found the five-metre-long crocodile close to death on the shore of the Parismina river, in the Lim
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