The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a crocodilian of the family Gavialidae that is native to the Indian subcontinent and also called gavial and fish-eating crocodile. As the species has undergone both chronic long term and a rapid short-term declines it is listed as a Critically Endangered by IUCN.

The gharial is one of three crocodilians native to India, apart from the Mugger crocodile and the Saltwater crocodile. It is one of the longest of all living crocodilians.

In Hindi language it is called: घऱियाल. In Marathi it is called सुसर susar.

The average size of mature gharials is 3.5 to 4.5 m (11 to 15 ft). The maximum recorded size is 6.25 m (20.5 ft). Hatchlings approximate 37 cm (15 in). Young gharials can reach a length of 1 m (3.3 ft) in eighteen months.

Their average body weight is 159 to 181 kg (350 to 400 lb). Males attain a body length of up to 3 to 6 m (9.8 to 20 ft), while females are smaller and reach a body length of up to 2.7 to 3.75 m (8.9 to 12.3 ft).

The three largest examples reported were a 6.5 m (21 ft) gharial killed in the Gogra River of Faizabad in August 1920; a 6.3 m (21 ft) individual shot in the Cheko River of Jalpaiguri in 1934; and a giant of 7 m (23 ft), which was shot in the Kosi River of northern Bihar in January 1924.

Brady Barr (born 1963) is a herpetologist and currently^[when?] the host of Nat Geo WILD's Dangerous Encounters with Brady Barr. He has been employed with National Geographic since 1997, he learned field work and about snakes by the first herpitologist Samyak and Sourabh. He has also been the host for two other series, Reptile Wild and Croc Chronicles, w A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Barr graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. in Science Education and later became a high school teacher. After earning a Ph.D. at the University of Miami, he became the first known herpetologist to have captured all 23 extant species of crocodilians in his career.

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