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A man kisses a crocodile for a boat trip of tourists in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

Juan Cerdas said it is one of his \u201chobbies\u201d to feed and kiss the creatures for tourists on the \u2018crocodile river tour\u2019 that sails the Tarcoles River.<\/p>\n

The river,"},"modified":"2019-08-08T21:57:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T21:57:50","slug":"costa-rica-man-kisses-crocodiles-for-boat-load-of-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/costa-rica-man-kisses-crocodiles-for-boat-load-of-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica man kisses crocodiles for boat load of tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man kisses a crocodile for a boat trip of tourists in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

Juan Cerdas said it is one of his \u201chobbies\u201d to feed and kiss the creatures for tourists on the \u2018crocodile river tour\u2019 that sails the Tarcoles River.<\/p>\n

The river, in the province of Puntarenas, has one of the highest crocodile populations in the world.<\/p>\n

Many of them are American crocodiles, who are typically found in Florida and are one of the only species that can walk on four legs.<\/p>\n

They can grow up to 17 feet long and weigh hundreds of pounds.<\/p>\n

But Juan said they are \u201cnot as aggressive as they would have us believe\u201d.<\/p>\n

The river has become a huge tourist attraction in recent years.<\/p>\n

Tourists flock there to visit a bridge over the T\u00e1rcoles River which has become known as \u201cpuente de cocodrilo,\u201d or \u201ccrocodile bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Underneath it crocodiles sunbathe in the afternoon sun.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Mirror recently reported on horrific scenes of\u00a0animal cruelty\u00a0as hundreds of\u00a0\u00a0crocodiles\u00a0have been beaten to\u00a0\u00a0death\u00a0\u00a0by a mob of angry villagers after a local was apparently eaten by one of the reptiles.<\/p>\n

The crocodiles were living in a lake in a property owned by businessman Sorong Regency in West Papau, Indonesia, and were blamed for the death of a villager on Friday.<\/p>\n

The angry locals stormed his property to take their cruel revenge on the\u00a0\u00a0animals\u00a0\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A video shows the bloodthirsty mob dragging two-metre long crocodiles from the water before beating them to death with picks and other tools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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