Some 500 crocodiles are thought to be living in the lagoon that lies between the Cancun hotel zone (which is on a 12-mile-long sandbar) and the mainland. Occasionally dogs have vanished in the area and recently a local laborer lost an arm to one of the creatures. Authorities are planning to remove a dozen or so of the largest reptiles and send them to zoos.

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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers