NAZZY'S RANDOM STUFF

A GUY IN COSTA RICA HAS A 1,000-POUND PET CROCODILE THAT HE SWIMS WITH AND HAND-FEEDS:

Nearly 20 years ago, a guy from Costa Rica named Chito found a crocodile, named Pocho, which had been shot in the eye and was dying on the bank of a river. So Chito took Pocho home and nursed him back to health.

Now, Pocho is nearly 17-feet long and weighs almost 1,000 pounds. But that doesn't stop 52-year-old Chito from SWIMMING with, and even HAND-FEEDING, his pet crocodile.

Chito says, quote, "When I found [Pocho] in the river, he was dying. So I put him in my boat and I brought him into my house. --"After ten years I started to work with him. At first it was slow. I started to play with him, touching him a little bit and then slowly doing more. Then I found that when I called his name he would come over to me . . . --"I just wanted him to feel that someone loved him, that not all humans are bad. I love all animals, especially ones that have suffered. It meant a lot of sacrifice. I had to be there every day." (Daily Mail)

(--If you're not totally convinced that Chito has a death wish, you need to check out some photos of him "playing" with Pocho. . .)

WOMEN GAIN WEIGHT WHEN THEY'RE STRESSED ABOUT LOTS OF STUFF . . . BUT MEN ONLY GAIN WEIGHT WHEN THEY'RE STRESSED AT WORK:

It's no secret that when people get stressed out, they tend to pack on the pounds. But it turns out that even though men and women BOTH gain weight when they're stressed, they don't do it in the same ways.

A new study from Harvard University has found that WOMEN gain weight when they're stressed out about lots of stuff including work, finances, and family relationships . . . plus the general frustration they feel over how much their lives suck overall. --But the only thing that causes MEN to gain weight is when they're stressed out about WORK . . . specifically, when they don't have the authority to make decisions or when they've been passed over for promotions or other opportunities. (Yahoo Health)

--So what can you take from this? Well, it depends on how you look at it. On the one hand, you can make the case that men, in general, are BETTER than women at handling stress and that's why less stuff causes them to gain weight.

--But you can also make the case that the REAL reason guys don't gain weight over family and other concerns is because they just DON'T CARE as much as women. In that case, a guy actually contributes to his lady's weight gain.

NINE THINGS WOMEN DO BETTER THAN MEN

Even though men tend to be bigger and stronger than women, they don't rule at EVERYTHING.

Here are nine things women do better than men . . .

1.) WOMEN EVOLVE HOTTER. A study showed that women are getting better and better looking every decade. After following 2,000 people for 40 years, the researchers found that ATTRACTIVE women had 16 percent more children.

And they were 36 percent more likely to have a daughter as their first child. And all those good genes get passed down.

2.) WOMEN SURVIVE CAR ACCIDENTS. According to a study by Carnegie Mellon University, men are 77 PERCENT more likely to DIE in a car crash.

3.) WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS. A survey of 2,000 people showed that 53 percent of women talk to their friends about what's stressing them out. But only 29 percent of men do.

4.) WOMEN ARE MORE RECESSION-PROOF. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 80 percent of the people who have lost their jobs since December of 2007 have been men.

-It's because the male-dominated fields . . . like manufacturing and finance . . . have been hit the hardest.

5.) WOMEN GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE MORE OFTEN. Not only do more women ENROLL in college, but they're also more likely to graduate. And MEN are more likely to take longer than five years.

6.) WOMEN EAT HEALTHIER. A survey of 14,000 people done by the University of Minnesota showed that men are more likely to eat things like frozen pizza and red meat. While women are more likely to fill up on fruits and vegetables.

7.) WOMEN HAVE STRONGER IMMUNE SYSTEMS. Estrogen gives women an edge when it comes to INFECTIONS. That's because estrogen fights off a certain enzyme that weakens your body's defense against bacteria and viruses.

8.) WOMEN LIVE LONGER. Yes, it's true. Women generally live five to ten years longer than men do. But they can also live A LOT longer. 85 PERCENT of people who make it to 100 are women.

9.) WOMEN COMMUNICATE MORE. Women can actually process more words than men can. A study by the University of California at San Francisco showed that men can process about 7,000 words per day . . . compared to 20,000 words for women. (Cosmopolitan.com)