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Gharial

The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all living crocodilians. Mature females are 2.6 to 4.5 m (8.5 to 14.8 ft) long, and males 3 to 6 m (9.8 to 19.7 ft). Adult males have a distinct boss at the end of the snout, which resembles an earthenware…

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related to Reintroduction programmes · 31
Gharial → Agriculture Organization, Beas River, Between, Despite, Eggs, Environment, Food, Forests, Frankfurt Zoological Garden, Government, In, India, Indian, Indian Crocodile Conservation Project, It, Juvenile, Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ken River, Kukrail Reserve Forest, Ministry
related to Evolution · 30
Gharial → Analyses, As, Ayeyarwady River, DNAs, During, Early Miocene, Early Pleistocene, Eocene, Fossil, Gavialis, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, In, India, It, Java, Late Pleistocene, Malayan, Molecular, Myanmar
related to Distribution and habitat · 28
Gharial → Assam, Ayeyawady River, Bangladesh, Barak River, Bhutan, Brahmaputra River, By, During, Ganges, In, India, India's Godavari River, Indian, Indus, Indus River, Irrawaddy River, It, Koshi River, Manipur, Mizoram
related to External links · 24
Gharial → Adam Britton, Archived, Arkive, BBC News, Catalogue, Ganges, Gavialidae, Gavialis, Joshi, Leiden, Lenin, Life, March, May, Mongabay, Mystery, National Geographic Society, Nepali, Netherlands, Oldstyle
related to Reproduction · 19
Gharial → After, April, Between, Captive, Chambal River, Courting, During, Each, February, Females, In, July, Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Male, March, The, Their, These, They
related to In captivity · 17
Gharial → As, Berlin Zoo, Crocodiles, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Gharial Breeding Centre, In Europe, India, Jaipur Zoo, Kukrail Gharial Rehabilitation Centre, La Ferme, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mysore Zoo, Nepal, Prague Zoo, Protivin Crocodile Zoo
related to Behaviour and ecology · 12
Gharial → Adult, Being, Crocodylus, December, February, Gharials, Groups, It, January, Large, The, They
related to Development · 12
Gharial → April, As, Breeding Center, By, Chambal River, Gharials, Hatchlings, In, Nepal's Gharial Conservation, Subadult, They, Young
related to Feeding ecology · 12
Gharial → Adults, Gharials, Indian, It, Juvenile, Nilssonia, Remains, Sharda River, Some, Stones, The, Young
related to In culture · 12
Gharial → Amri, BC, Gaṅgā, In Hindu, Indus Valley Civilisation, Mohenjo-daro, Sanchi Stupa, Seals, Sindh, The, These, Varuna

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Gharialis aonly living crocodilian with such visible sexual dimorphism0.90text
Gharialis amost thoroughly aquatic crocodilian0.90text
Gharialis avehicle of the river deity Gaṅgā and of the wind and sea deity Varuna.In the 16th-century book Baburnama0.90text
leadinstance ofLater post mortem pathological testing of tissue samples revealed high levels of heavy metals0.80text
cadmiuminstance ofLater post mortem pathological testing of tissue samples revealed high levels of heavy metals0.80text
which together with stomach ulcersinstance ofLater post mortem pathological testing of tissue samples revealed high levels of heavy metals0.80text
protozoan parasites reported in most necropsies were thought to have caused their deathsinstance ofLater post mortem pathological testing of tissue samples revealed high levels of heavy metals0.80text
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Gharialrelated to Behaviour and ecologyGharials0.60section
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