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4 Reasons Why Crocodiles are Smarter than you Think

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Crocodiles have been around for millions of years, and waaaay back in the day nobody threatened these big fellas. Now in some parts of the...
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Death of crocodile in traditional Costa Rican activity stirs controversy

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A traditional Good Friday celebration resulted in the death of a crocodile in a Guanacaste town.
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Crocodile that attacked U.S. surfer captured in Tamarindo

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Tamarindo's Tourism Chamber was the latest to put itself at the center of Costa Rica's crocodile debate by requesting the removal of a dangerous croc.
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Costa Rica Crocodile Pocho is Dead, But his Legend Lives On

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Four years after Pocho the domesticated crocodile's death, his handler looks back.
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Hungry crocodile removed from Costa Rica home

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Nothing like walking out on to your front porch in the morning and finding a crocodile staring back at you.
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Peru was a crocodile paradise before the Amazon River went and ruined it

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A new study found that seven species of crocodile inhabited the massive wetlands that once sat in the Amazon basin.
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200-kilo crocodile snagged on the streets of Quepos

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The town of Quepos near Manuel Antonio National Park had an unwelcome tourist over the weekend.
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Police remove 660-pound crocodile from beach near Jacó

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It wasn't only sunburnt tourists basking in the sunny Pacific beaches last weekend.
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