Gordan swims across a known haunt of saltwater crocodiles
It perhaps says a lot about humans that we can start a day by saying 鈥淚 definitely wouldn鈥檛 do that鈥, to ending it doing the very thing you had said you鈥檇 never do. Saltwater crocodiles are arguably the world鈥檚 most feared reptiles. So to swim across a lake that is the confirmed haunt of a giant one might seem like madness. Well, not if someone you trust says it鈥檚 safe. In the Tribe series I put my safety in the hands of people I鈥檇 only just met. Of course, swimming across the lake was memorable, but maybe more so is to see how our ability to trust transcends culture, custom and language. Trusting others is something we humans do well.
Gordon Buchanan 鈥 Presenter
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