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In the Everglades, birds nest near alligators for safety. But what's in it for the gators?

Edit The Los Angeles Times 03 Mar 2016
Watch this butterfly and bee drink crocodile tears Amina Khan. Floating quietly through a Costa Rican river, a scientist has documented a bee and a butterfly drinking the tears of a caiman crocodile -- and he has the video to prove it ... Scary smart! Clever crocodiles, alligators use sticks to lure prey Amina Khan ... The discovery in two crocodilian species — mugger crocodiles and American alligators......

A unique effort to study crocodile population

Edit The Times of India 07 Jan 2016
Has the spread of crocodile population ... Also, it was reported there is no poaching of mugger for their skin reported in the region.It is estimated that Gujarat has the largest population of around 1,500 mugger crocodiles in the country - much more compared to any other state in the country which is home to an estimated 2,500 mugger crocodiles....

Manjeera sanctuary of Telangana turns man-animal battleground

Edit Deccan Chronicle 07 Jan 2016
... created to protect its key species, the mugger crocodile....

Youth injured in croc attack while fishing

Edit The Times of India 06 Jan 2016
A mugger crocodile attacked a 25-year-old youth while he was fishing with three others in a creek at Dharjowada, Kundaim in Ponda taluka on Tuesday afternoon ... A mugger crocodile was spotted walking on Morjim beach ......

Looking beyond leopards in Bera

Edit Yahoo Daily News 17 Dec 2015
By Swayamsiddha Mohapatra and Nihit S Mhatre. Touted as one of the best places in India to see a leopard in the wild, Bera – a small village in Pali district of Rajasthan – has always been in the news for its not-so-elusive cats ... Bera - a small hamlet in Pali district of Rajasthan ... We succeeded in spotting many ... The biggest attraction, however, was the Mugger population at the dam ... Mugger crocodiles at Jawai Bandh dam in Bera ... FACT FILE....

After Morjim, now crocodile shows up on Baga beach

Edit The Times of India 27 Oct 2015
A mugger crocodile that was washed ashore with the waves at Baga beach caused a ripple on Tuesday afternoon, but hastily crawled back to sea after being momentarily grounded on the shore. Just over three months after a 11-foot long crocodile had done the high walk on Morjim beach on July 16, 2015, this was the third appearance of a reptile on a crowded Goan beach....

Building a refuge

Edit Deccan Herald 17 Aug 2015
River Tungabhadra in Karnataka is home to all sorts of wildlife – otters, turtles, fishes and crocodiles ... Mighty muggers. The Mugger crocodile or Indian Marsh Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is a freshwater crocodile, commonly seen in Indian rivers, freshwater lakes, ponds, swamps and marshes ... Many times, these crocodiles are killed by villagers for killing their goats and sheep....

Avi fauna attracts enthusiasts to Goa

Edit The Times of India 11 Aug 2015
PANAJI. Goa, with its rich diversity of birds, boasts of myriad spots for watching them and two major complexes at Carambolim and Maina-Curtolim-Shiroda are a few places that birders throng to with their spotting scopes ... It is also a habitat of the mugger crocodile. Driving to the north, the scenic Monte hill is a diverse habitat of forest birds ... ....

Crocodile takes a Pushkaralu 'dip'

Edit The Times of India 16 Jul 2015
The animal was handed over to the forest department staff, who later released it at Janakuru stretch of the river some distance away from the bathing ghat.Incidentally, the mugger crocodile, once considered endangered in the Godavari and Krishna rivers, is now found in both rivers in Telangana ... The breeding center for mugger crocodiles was located ......

Nod to fishing in Mahanadi gorge buffer area for 2 months

Edit The Times of India 27 Mar 2015
BHUBANESWAR. Bowing to pressure from fishermen, officials of the Mahanadi wildlife division in Satkosia Tiger Reserve have decided to allow fishing in the buffer area for two months until alternative livelihood is provided to them ... For generations, they have been earning their livelihood from fishing in the 22-km long Mahandi gorge that has been declared a core area given the presence of muggers, crocodiles and gharials ... ....

Tracking a Leopard in Sri Lanka

Edit Huffington Post 09 Feb 2015
Crocodile eyes peer among the floating white lotus flowers while water buffalo sink to their ears and a dozen painted storks, with pink feathers, stand high on a sand bank ... "He's not moving!" I said--pointing to a mugger crocodile lying on a rock ... Crocodiles can go a year without eating." ... As for the sex life of my favorite animal, the crocodile ... Then the two crocodiles will mate stomach to stomach....

Another crocodile captured in Cuddalore district

Edit The Times of India 20 Jan 2015
A day after a 9-ft crocodile that strayed into a hamlet ... The crocodile measured seven feet and weighed roughly 400kg ... The villagers claimed that they saw a crocodile dragging a man into the river ... The mugger crocodile, commonly found in the area, was more than 9-feet long and weighed around 800kg....

9-foot crocodile caught in Chidambaram

Edit The Times of India 20 Jan 2015
A nine-foot crocodile that strayed into a hamlet near Chidambaram, in Cuddalore district, was caught by forest officials on Monday. Farm workers from Saliathope village, near Chidambaram, spotted a crocodile in the paddy fields on Monday and alerted forest staff ... The mugger crocodile, commonly found in the area, was more than 9 feet long and weighed around 800kg ... They suspect he was attacked by the crocodile....
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