After a romantic watery slow dance. Defying science, and common sense, this Costa Rican man has formed a unique bond with a local crocodile.
Science Buzz That is one serious commitment to Autumn coordination. The eight foot croc lives on an animal park in Australia and achieved his new look by ingesting iron or red algae from his water filter. His handlers say he's acting fine and will lose the new shade in time.
Culture Buzz More photos of the 21-foot, 2,370-pound beast that was caught in southern Philippines last week. It's thought to be the largest saltwater crocodile ever captured alive in the country, perhaps in the world. Although it's suspected of being a man eater, locals are keeping it in an enclosure and have affectionately named it Lolong.
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All across the poorer areas of Russia, hundreds of thousands of people are using the drug “Krokodil,” or crocodile (named for the green-scaly appearance of the user's skin at the injection site). It consists of codeine mixed with gasoline, paint thinner, hydrochloric acid, iodine and red phosphorous. Users typically die within 3 years, but not before their flesh rots off. WARNING: The video below is VERY graphic. (via time.com)
A woman in Australia lives with three crocodiles at her home. Just a matter of time before this lady ends up dinner.
A guy puts his head in a crocodile's mouth and the inevitable happens. Maybe he should stick with lions.
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Gena, a 14-year-old crocodile at an aquarium in Ukraine, has eaten a cell phone dropped by a woman as she tried to photograph him.
Culture Buzz Artist Meredith Scheff is attempting to make a scarf a day throughout January, and the results thus far are pretty impressive. I would do things I would later not be proud of in order to swaddle my neck in the human organs scarf. Follow Meredith's progress at The Lady Cartoonist. We're going scarf crazy today at BuzzFeed!
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A drunk man in Australia survived being bitten by a huge salt water crocodile after he climbed into its enclosure and tried to ride it.
Contrary to popular belief, alligators are actually really friendly.