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the name "gharial" came from a hindi word for a clay pot with a long neck, similar to the shape of an adult male gharial (bulbous) snout.

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ways the gharials catch their prey:
1. it sits and waits until a fish comes and the gharials snatch it and eat it.
2. Its head and body slowly sweep through the water back and forth looking for prey to eat.
3. it suddenly swings its snout side to side and grabs a fish in one swift motion.

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What would decrease or overpopulate if species were no longer there? think-what does it eat and who eats it and the impact of it no longer in the ecosystem

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What would decrease or overpopulate if species were no longer there? think-what does it eat and who eats it and the impact of it no longer in the ecosystem

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it would decrease if the fish is no longer there and it would increase when the rats decrease

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What is the species an important food source of? (who is the predator for your species?)

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What is the species an important food source of? (who is the predator for your species?)

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to eggs: Humans, rats, Jackals, wild pigs, mongooses, and monitor lizards.

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importance of species in their ecosystem 

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importance of species in their ecosystem 

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What has been done or can be done to protect this species from going extinct? if unable to find an answer, what ideas do you have to keep the species from extinction?

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What has been done or can be done to protect this species from going extinct? if unable to find an answer, what ideas do you have to keep the species from extinction?

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Less hunting, don't remove it's habitat, stop pollution, and stop fishing at the area

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Describe the reasons the species has become endangered

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Describe the reasons the species has become endangered

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Being hunted, habitat destruction, pollution, prey was removed.

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Number could be a range and not an exact number

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Number could be a range and not an exact number

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2006-2007 around 200-250 adult gharials

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Brief description of it's ecosystem... do they live in forests? Swampy areas? Desert like areas? In tall trees?

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Brief description of it's ecosystem... do they live in forests? Swampy areas? Desert like areas? In tall trees?

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It's ecosystem is a beach, a big land of water, sand on the sides, or middle, and there's no trees.

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Where in the world do we find this species

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Where in the world do we find this species

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We could find this species on Ganges River

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list of prey: aquatic frogs, soft shell turtles, birds, plant materials, small mammals, tadpoles, and invertebrates, in addition to fish.

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It look like a crocodile-like-shape, a ton of scale's on it's back, greenish-yellow with dots on the tail, and has a thin snout.