00:00:04Africa along the lake that bears its
00:00:06name flowing south the waters of the
00:00:10Shire River are used for fishing farming
00:00:13and often for drinking the river is the
00:00:18source of life for many villagers but
00:00:22also for crocodiles once hunted almost
00:00:26to extinction the Nile crocodile is now
00:00:29a protected species
00:00:31the crocodiles however don’t extend the
00:00:34same courtesy croc attacks are
00:00:38commonplace along the riverbanks some
00:00:41escaped with only a scar others lose a
00:00:44limb many died is a problem caused not
00:00:50only by the Crocs but by villagers as
00:00:52well local farming and fishing remove
00:00:56the crocodiles usual prey leaving them
00:00:58unafraid and hungry
00:01:06Solutions are not easy
00:01:09the villagers tried to exercise extreme
00:01:11caution when working by the river
00:01:16some seek help from traditional medicine
00:01:18man
00:01:22conservationists have used a more modern
00:01:24approach television we have what we call
00:01:35drop dial safety campaigns and we tell
00:01:39people how their clocks behave in water
00:01:41and how they should behave to protect
00:01:44themselves one long-term solution is to
00:01:47build wells
00:01:49a safe water supply would let villagers
00:01:51conduct their daily activities away from
00:01:54the river
00:01:55and away from the crocodiles
00:01:58but Malawi is one of the world’s poorest
00:02:01countries it faces many challenges
00:02:04communities will have to work with
00:02:06conservationists to come up with lasting
00:02:08solutions until then people must depend
00:02:14on the river and travel through the
00:02:18realm of the crocodile
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