Female with River Lapwing from the Chambal National Park, Rajasthan, India
Tags: Gharial Gavialis gangeticus Gavialidae crocodilian India Rajasthan Chambal RIver Endangered Species
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Female from the Chambal National Park, Rajasthan, India. Common Sandpiper upper left.
Tags: Gharial Gavialis gangeticus Gavialidae crocodilian India Rajasthan Chambal RIver Endangered Species
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The Gharial is a Critically Endangered crocodilian with fewer than 200 breeding adults estimated to survive in the wild, about half of them in one protected area: the National Chambal Sanctuary, in the states Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, India. We were fortunate to see 15 - 20 of them in the Chambal River, Rajasthan, India including this huge female, nearly 5 meters in length. Perhaps the largest living crocodilian; the Gharial is the most unique in its morphology and has a diet exclusively of fish. Habitat loss, over-hunting, and environmental contaminants pose the primary threat.
Tags: Gharial Gavialis gangeticus Gavialidae crocodilian India Endangered Species Rajasthan Chambal River
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The Gharial is a Critically Endangered crocodilian with fewer than 200 breeding adults estimated to survive in the wild, about half of them in one protected area: the National Chambal Sanctuary, in the states Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, India. We were fortunate to see 15 - 20 of them in the Chambal River, Rajasthan, India including this huge female, nearly 5 meters in length. Perhaps the largest living crocodilian; the Gharial is the most unique in its morphology and has a diet exclusively of fish. Habitat loss, over-hunting, and environmental contaminants pose the primary threat.
Tags: Gharial Gavialis gangeticus Gavialidae crocodilian India Endangered Species Rajasthan Chambal River
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The Gharial is a Critically Endangered crocodilian with fewer than 200 breeding adults estimated to survive in the wild, about half of them in one protected area: the National Chambal Sanctuary, in the states Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, India. We were fortunate to see 15 - 20 of them in the Chambal River, Rajasthan, India including this huge female, nearly 5 meters in length. Perhaps the largest living crocodilian; the Gharial is the most unique in its morphology and has a diet exclusively of fish. Habitat loss, over-hunting, and environmental contaminants pose the primary threat.
Tags: Gharial Gavialis gangeticus Gavialidae crocodilian India Endangered Species Rajasthan Chambal River
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