This past weekend on our way to Manuel Antonio, we had a surprise stop. We went for a walk across the Tarcoles river. Down below the bridge I saw for the first time, a real, live, living, breathing, wild, crocodile. It was so neat! Shortly after our walk across the bridge, we arrived at a place that offered river safaris. We took a tour boat down the river with our guide Javier and our driver Manuel. Within just a few minutes on the river we saw at least four or five crocodiles less than one hundred yards away from our boat! 
Then, the unthinkable happened... Manuel climbed off of the boat and onto the muddy bank of the river. In his hand he held two raw fish. He proceeded to smack the fish on the surface of the water. Within seconds, a very large crocodile swam up to the bank for a snack! Once the croc got closer, Manuel put the fish in his mouth and waited for the crocodile to eat it! What was he thinking? As this was all happening, all I could think was: Am I really here? Is this really happening? I saw this on Animal Planet just the other day! Oh please don´t get eaten right in front of me!!!! See what happened in the video below... Was Manuel the crocodile´s snack?
To see the video click on the YouTube link below.
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