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Amazing shoot crocodiles
47-year-old Andy Murch (Andy Murch) made amazing shots Banco Chinchorro reef in south-eastern Mexico. Fearless photographer took a picture of a crocodile close up.
To divert the attention of the predator, the photographer took the fish-bait. 2, 5-meter crocodile was so fascinated by fish that allowed the photographer to come very close and take photos fearsome reptiles with frightening teeth.
"Crocodiles - hunters - opportunists, they will certainly take advantage of this chance, if you let them. They always need to be alert, "- said Andy Murch.
Andy took pictures during the expedition «Big Fish Expeditions», which he headed. Together with other divers Andy for three days lived in the fishing shack near the lagoon. Shack was sounding name "Hotel Chinchorro", although it had no elementary running water, no air conditioning.
Banco Chinchorro Reef - one of the last unspoilt dive sites in the Western Hemisphere. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea about 21 km from the south-eastern coast of Mexico and to the north of Belize. This reef is preserved due to the fact that is far from the main tourist spots. Chinchorro is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef and covers an area of about 800 square meters. km. It is the largest in the northern hemisphere and the only Mexican waters of the Caribbean atoll. Its width is primerno15 km, length - 48 km. On the reef there are about 95 different species of coral and is home to over 200 species of fish. From the 16th century the coast of the atoll was about 200 shipwrecks. Also, off the coast of the atoll is home to the dense population of crocodiles in the world.
To divert the attention of the predator, the photographer took the fish-bait. 2, 5-meter crocodile was so fascinated by fish that allowed the photographer to come very close and take photos fearsome reptiles with frightening teeth.
"Crocodiles - hunters - opportunists, they will certainly take advantage of this chance, if you let them. They always need to be alert, "- said Andy Murch.
Andy took pictures during the expedition «Big Fish Expeditions», which he headed. Together with other divers Andy for three days lived in the fishing shack near the lagoon. Shack was sounding name "Hotel Chinchorro", although it had no elementary running water, no air conditioning.
Banco Chinchorro Reef - one of the last unspoilt dive sites in the Western Hemisphere. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea about 21 km from the south-eastern coast of Mexico and to the north of Belize. This reef is preserved due to the fact that is far from the main tourist spots. Chinchorro is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef and covers an area of about 800 square meters. km. It is the largest in the northern hemisphere and the only Mexican waters of the Caribbean atoll. Its width is primerno15 km, length - 48 km. On the reef there are about 95 different species of coral and is home to over 200 species of fish. From the 16th century the coast of the atoll was about 200 shipwrecks. Also, off the coast of the atoll is home to the dense population of crocodiles in the world.
