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.
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