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Watch tourists feeding giant crocodiles in Thailand

Saturday, 23 July 2016 3:23 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 23 July 2016 3:23 PM ]

This file picture taken on March 3, 2014 shows Rex, a 700-kilogram saltwater crocodile, jumping out of the pond to eat a rabbit at the Wildlife Sydney Zoo in Sydney. AFP

Would you dare to go into a big green pond full of crocodiles just to feed them? We’ll that’s what is exactly happening in Thailand!

Tourists are given a chance to feed the beasts, using a fishing rod. They are taken into the lake with boats surrounded by safety fence and loaded with chunks of meat.

The reptiles, some even longer than two meters, launch themselves out of the water as they try to grab the tasty meal. Thailand has the largest crocodile farming industry in the world.

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