• The crew devised this pair of glasses which included a camera, the Bradycam 61>>, for lack of a better name....They also gave me chickens, one for each hand.

• ...all of a sudden—in a heartbeat—this 14- to 15-foot (about 4.5-meter) crocodile comes rushing up out of the water like a freight train 58>>.

• I throw one chicken right into the crocodile’s mouth, and it barely slows him down—he inhales the chicken. Now I’m thinking, oh my gosh, I’ve wasted one of my chickens.

• In the end it was all worth it, because we got some incredible footage of this giant crocodile rushing up after me looking for a meal!

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