Roberta Mancino is an Italian model, skydiver, base jumper, wing suit pilot, and stunt woman. Matt Keohan is a blogger and a degenerate gambler. Each are risk takers of varying success.
Mancino has participated in more than 7,000 sky dives, has set several world records and has won an array of awards. More importantly, she has gone on four skydives completely naked. In 2010, Mancino was named the World’s Sexiest Female Athlete by the magazine Men’s Fitness.
Recently, Mancino spent 10 hours swimming with the deadliest creatures in the waters of coastal Mexico. The crocodiles warmed up to Mancino, maybe because of her calming presence, maybe because even crocs can respect a little eye candy.
“I have a list of animals which I would love to swim with, so it was one of my dreams to swim with crocodiles. I have wanted to do this project for six years but I could never find someone to fund it because it is so dangerous.”
Roberta also made it a point to shatter the misconception of crocodiles being vicious, human-flesh eating death machines.
“Obviously I don’t want everyone to start swimming with crocodiles but I wanted to show that they are not bad animals. I had to stay in the water for a long time to get an understanding of the animals – that is why you see me at first going down with a mask. Nobody really knew what would happen as no one has really done this before – spending that long, that close, next to a crocodile without a mask.”
TELL THAT TO CHUBBS PETERSON! Check out the intense footage below of Roberta getting a little too close for comfort: Here’s a better idea of how sizzling hot Roberta is.
Maybe Roberta’s next high-risk endeavor will be swimming with my anaconda. It’s equally as dangerous because it may give a disease. Your move, babe.
[h/t Unilad]