#save the gharials

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[save-the-gharials]

Thank you angel for this commission of a juvenile gharial!

Gharials loose their band marking as they age and mature, males growing a bump on the edge of their snouts.Gharials are going extinct due to sand mining, overfishing, gill nets, poaching, and pollution.

There are only 200-650 reproducing adults in the wild

SAVE THE GHARIALS!

[save-the-gharials]

The gharials are going extinct, only 200-650 reproducing adults in the wild.

Sand mining, overfishing, poaching and pollution is taking these majestic creatures away from us. These are the non aggressive(still don't provoke them!) Crocidilan. Their snouts are designed to eat fish, and little else!