What it eats: Fish. Juveniles also eat insects, frogs and crustaceans. Why it's awesome: The gharial is known for its long, skinny snout, which looks like it got slammed in a door. An adult male ...
The IUCN estimate there to be only 300-900 adult Gharials remaining in small areas of India and Nepal. Their snouts are the perfect tool for catching fish. They are highly sensitive and can detect ...
Rikki Gumbs_ZSL Gharials are endangered due to loss of habitat, dams and hunting "After trekking through the jungle for hours to sit on a ridge and finally catch a glimpse of the hatchlings below ...
No fewer than 131 gharials, the critically endangered long-snouted crocodile native to the Northern Indian sub-continent, were recently re-introduced to the river Ganges at the Hastinapur Wildlife ...
Museum & Art Swindon reopened in July after a four-year closure and campaigners have been calling for the return of a stuffed gharial - a type of crocodile mainly found in India. The gharial ...