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For the people of Bazoulé, a village near Burkina Faso's capital, sharing a pond with over a hundred crocodiles is everyday life. A 2016-2017 survey counted 268 of the reptiles living there. Children grow up swimming in the same water, and Pierre Kaboré, the head of the village's crocodile caretakers, recalls doing so himself as a boy. Local legend tells that these crocodiles arrived wit…

Source: Bored Panda

In a Burkina Faso village, crocodiles are childhood playmates