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[answer3700]

i appreciate the old woman's hairlook which means she has a young heart
though i don't kow what could be the reason of the marriage.

[beancurdturtle]

[hoshi]

[RedRose]

[CP]

[RedRose]

I don't get your post, CP. what do you mean? you really think he is her son? NO? they are a couple!

[hoshi]

[Helen.wan]

Mr turtle ,thanks for your excellent explain ,now,I get the meaning of cute.But I feel a little puzzled.

[beancurdturtle]

[RedRose]

[ad-miral]

For a summary, we said the woman looks similar to him and she could be his mom, and all of us related on this sentence when questioning why he could be interested in her.

Beancurd told about sexual fixation, that the young man is fixed on older women, just like some people are fixed on brown hair, CP thought maybe she is his mother.

I think it's an interesting path.

You know we were all babies and the first person we all love is our mom because she gave us milk and warmth. Later we grow older and we get to know a lot about incest, about that there are also young chicks out there who look better. But most important, we get to know that we have to take over responsibilities etc. So the second person we love is normally a hot chick.
I think (as you already said) that the guy didn't overcome the first stage of mother-love, that he still searches for someone who can give him milk and warmth or something like that.

That would be a heavy form of a neurotic developement.
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[hoshi]

[hoshi]

Hey what about this?

Man�s Best Friend? Man and Crocodile
Put on One-of-a-Kind Show in Siquirres

By M�nica Quesada
Tico Times Staff

Chito balances Poncho's jaw on his head.

M�nica Quesada | Tico Times

�Chito and Poncho are friends,� reads a sign at Finca Las Tilapias, Gilberto Sheedan's ranch near the Caribbean-slope town of Siquirres. Chito, as Sheedan is widely known, and Poncho, a one-eyed crocodile estimated to be 50 years old, are friends because they have spent a lot of time together during the past 17 years, since the day Chito rescued a near-lifeless Poncho from a nearby river.

Every Sunday at 4 p.m., Chito jumps into a 100-square-meter artificial lake he built on the 23-hectare property he inherited from his father. Once in the water, he searches for Poncho, wading chest-deep through the green water, calling quietly for his companion: �Ponchoponchoponcho ponchoponcho��

Las Tilapias also offers cabins overlooking canals dug by Chito and inhabited by a variety of wildlife.
M�nica Quesada | Tico Times

Once Poncho appears, Chito, who at 50 is the same age as his reptile partner, gives him simple instructions, peppered with Spanish slang.

�Mae, cierre el ojo a la g�ila (�Dude, wink at the girl'),� Chito cajoles, and Poncho dutifully obeys.

Other commands Poncho follows include lifting his head and tail from the water, rolling over, and even allowing Chito to bite his fang. When Poncho is in a really good mood, Chito says, he'll venture putting his head all the way into the reptile's mouth, between his massive jaws.

Chito was working as a sportfishing guide 17 years ago when he found a three-meter-long crocodile dying on the shore of the Parismina River, in the Caribbean province of Lim�n. The crocodile had been shot in the left eye, probably by a cattle farmer protecting his herd, Chito says.

After enlisting the help of several friends to load the massive reptile into his boat, Chito brought the injured crocodile home to care for him, eventually naming him Poncho. He claims he healed the reptile with medicine, food, and, more importantly, lots of care and attention.

�I just wanted him to feel that someone loved him, that not all humans are bad,� Chito says. �I love all animals, especially ones that have suffered.�

During the recovery process, Chito stayed by Poncho's side, even sleeping with him at night.

�It meant a lot of sacrifice. I had to be there every day,� he said.

After Chito felt that Poncho had bonded with him, he started swimming with the crocodile. But it wasn't until seven years ago, when an employee saw Chito swimming with Poncho and told his wife, that �all the craziness began,� Chito explains.

The first time Chito and Poncho did a show was July 4, 2000, after Channel 7 TV News found out about the unusual pair of friends and went to film them. Chito says he never thought about putting on a show for the public; he only wanted to spend time with the crocodile �so he would have a companion.�

Since then, Chito and Poncho have been featured on almost every channel and newspaper in Costa Rica, as well as on Chilean, English and North American television.

At the request of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), in addition to Chito's loving care, Poncho has a veterinarian and a biologist keeping an eye on his well-being, and receives 30 kilograms of chicken and fish per week. Though Chito doesn't have a written permit to have a crocodile in captivity, MINAE has allowed him to keep Poncho at his ranch in Siquirres as long as the ministry can monitor him.

�There isn't a crocodile in captivity in Costa Rica that has the space Poncho has. If somebody takes him away and puts him in a place like this, I will be happy,� Chito says.

Chito's business vision and tireless work have resulted in a tourist complex called Las Tilapias, with a restaurant, swimming pools, hotel rooms and a protected system of canals he dug himself, populated by herons, sloths, monkeys and other species of wildlife.

At the restaurant, run by Chito's wife Olga Valle, visitors can enjoy Caribbean food such as the traditional rice and beans with chicken in Caribbean sauce (�1,800/$3.50) or whole fried fish with patacones (fried green plantains) (�3,300/$6.30), as well as a variety of other Costa Rican dishes.

Chito also offers boat tours of his canals. Gliding past a small row of hotel rooms overlooking the water, Chito takes his passengers into a world of jungle, water and wildlife. One might happen upon nest after inhabited nest of night herons, a startled great blue heron, hummingbirds, flocks of white egrets, a family of howler monkeys, a domesticated and caged peccary or a snoozing sloth. This Tico Times reporter saw all this and more, surrounded by colorful tropical flora, in a 20-minute trip through the canals.

The amiable Chito and his crocodile friend work to offer visitors not only a show unlike any other in the world, but also the opportunity to spend a nice day in a friendly, family atmosphere in the Caribbean Zone.

The pics and the article are here
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God gave us two ears to hear, two eyes to see and two hands to hold. But why did God gave us only one heart? Because He wants us to find the other one!

[Helen.wan]

[Oriani]

Wow! I hadn't seen the picture. Do you think that is true?? I mean.. That pic could be fixed or something like that, I am not saying that it's impossible seeing couples like those but.. I don't know...!