Happy snapper: Daredevil model dices with death in extraordinary underwater face-to-face photo shoot with CROCODILE
Fearless Italian model travelled to a lagoon in the middle of Banco Chinchorro, Mexico, home to 700 crocodiles
Spent 10 hours over five days learning about the reptiles and swimming with them before photo shoot
Roberta Mancino said she was fulfilling a lifelong dream to prove that crocodiles are 'not bad animals'
A fearless daredevil diver came face-to-face with a four metre long American crocodile in an extraordinary photo-shoot.
Italian thrill-seeker Roberta Mancino fulfilled a long-held dream by swimming with the reptiles in the Gulf of Mexico.
Travelling 30 miles from the coast to a lagoon in the middle of the Banco Chinchorro - home to roughly 700 of the reptiles - Mancino was keen to learn about their behaviour.
Pleased to meet you: Roberta extends a friendly hand out to one of the wild crocodiles she encountered in Banco Chinchorro
The lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico is 30 miles away from the coast and is home to over 700 American crocodiles
Toothy grin: Roberta gets close to one of the reptiles and poses just inches away from his jaw
The Banco Chinchorro atoll reef is regarded as one of the the best places in the world to see American crocodiles. Here they can grow between 2.5 and 4 metres long
The model 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.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3236736/Happy-snapper-Daredevil-model-dices-death-extraordinary-underwater-face-face-photo-shoot-CROCODILE.html#ixzz3luhTUr60
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