Dar%edev!l model poses underwater with a crocodile

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In an extraordinary photo-shoot, a fea*rless dar%edev!l diver came face-to-face with a four metre long American crocodile. By swimming with the reptiles in the Gulf of Mexico, the Italian thrill-seeker Roberta Mancino fulfilled a long-held dream. Mancino was keen to learn about their behaviour when she travelled 30 miles from the coast to a lagoon in the middle of the Banco Chinchorro which is home to roughly 700 of the reptiles.
She spent a total of 10 hours swimming with the crocodiles, filming over five days in June this year. Roberta’s team were able to capture enchanting images of her just inches from the predators as the crocodiles became more comfortable in her presence.
The Italian model said, ‘I have a list of animals which I would love to swim with, so it was one of my dreams to swim with crocodiles. I have wanted to do this project for six years but I could never find someone to fund it because it is so dangerous. I was about to go there myself without a sponsor and then social network TSU said that they would fund the production.’
She added, ‘ The other reason I couldn’t make it happen for a long time is logistics – it’s a really hard place to get to. You have to go to Cancun and then drive for five hours and then you have to take a boat for two hours. It’s in the middle of nowhere.’
To see American crocodiles, the Banco Chinchorro atoll reef is regarded as one of the the best places in the world. At it’s longest point, the enormous ring of coral is around 25 miles long and is nearly 10 miles wide. The enormous crocodiles can grow to between 2.5m and 4m long. Diving companies provide trips for people wanting to come face-to-face with the reptiles. Most divers are not prepared to get as up close and personal as Roberta even though it is common for tourists to swim in the Banco Chinchorro and capture images of the animals.

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