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BrokenEye3 t1_j6c7bbw wrote

I wonder what would make the crocodiles in that area so docile. Something in the water, perhaps?

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WhenTardigradesFly t1_j6cf25x wrote

they're a different species (west african crocodile) that's much less aggressive than the more well known nile crocodile

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IrrelephantAU t1_j6cfkpr wrote

They're West African Crocodiles, not Nile Crocodiles. A smaller and much more docile species.

Not that they aren't dangerous, they are known to attack and have killed people from time to time, but there's a long history of humans handling them - sometimes literally - in ways that would be considered suicidal if attempted with Nile crocs. Even going as far back as Pharaonic Egypt people knew there was a difference between the two and knew which one they'd rather get close to.

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