An awareness drive among the local communities was also conducted to ensure community participation in the operation and to reassure people that gharials have never been known to attack humans and ...

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 ...

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 ...