Lots n Lots of Crocs: Nepal’s Two Opposites
Written before going to sleep – late night thoughts of crocs. Standing beside the rivers of Nepal’s lowlands and Chitwan National Park, I often found myself reflecting on two very different crocodile species that share these waters: the slender, fish-eating Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) and the broad-snouted, generalist Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris). Though both are “crocodiles,” […]