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Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)

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The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris), also called marsh crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile and mugger, is a crocodilian native to freshwater habitats from southern Iran to the Indian subcontinent. It is extinct in Bhutan and Myanmar and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1982.


It is a medium-sized crocodile that inhabits lakes, rivers, marshes and artificial ponds. Both young and adult mugger crocodiles dig burrows where they retreat when temperature drops below 5 °C (41 °F) or exceeds 38 °C (100 °F). Females dig holes in the sand as nesting sites and lay up to 46 eggs during the dry season.Sex of hatchlings depends on temperature during incubation.It preys on fish, reptiles, birds and mammals. Young feed on insects.

It is one of three crocodilians in India, apart from saltwater crocodile (C. porosus) and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus).
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=APNp7Acriv8

Ripping off a Buffaloes leg!.

One of the most underrated species!.
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(08-27-2020, 07:59 PM)Bitishannah Wrote: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=APNp7Acriv8

Ripping off a Buffaloes leg!.

One of the most underrated species!.

Gruesome. Luckily, the buffalo escaped.
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(08-27-2020, 08:14 PM)johnny rex Wrote:
(08-27-2020, 07:59 PM)Bitishannah Wrote: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=APNp7Acriv8

Ripping off a Buffaloes leg!.

One of the most underrated species!.

Gruesome. Luckily, the buffalo escaped.


https://youtu.be/8sIkFg7Ml1s

It seems it killed a buffalo in yala national park
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https://youtu.be/qY9PPJCPtNs

Attacked by mother pig while trying to hunt piglets!.
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The largest Mugger she's ever seen. 
She estimates him to be conservatively slightly over 4m
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Vicious mugger crocodiles eating prey alive. 


https://youtu.be/t3lhDgpQ2jM
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( This post was last modified: 10-01-2023, 02:17 AM by palulu )

Mugger crocodile in Ranthambore


   
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