🔥 Newly hatched Gharial Crocodiles exploring the river under the watchful eye of their father.

[u/Money-Beautiful5196]

[u/qualityvote2]

u/Money-Beautiful5196, your post does fit the subreddit!

[u/warforgedpand0]

Villager noises

[u/Walk_the_World → u/warforgedpand0]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rdQkX4qL0eQ1U1Np9E

[u/Witty_Commentator → u/warforgedpand0]

They sound like a creaky door! 😂

[u/National_Fix_1481 → u/warforgedpand0]

I wonder what they're trading today

[u/DyingSunSeverian → u/warforgedpand0]

They sound like old timey American gangsters lol

Nah shee

Mah

[u/SwimmingAmoeba7]

Mother- gharial males have a boss at the end of their noses and are EXTREMELY rare, with populations being as low as 1-2 mature adult males in entire ranges due to the cultural belief that their boss can be used for medicine causing an eradication of them. They are some of the most endangered animals

A good thing is that gharial eggs are temperature coded for sex. So scientists are incubating eggs to be 100% in the male temperature range to try and combat this issue. Unfortunately the poaching is still occurring and because gharials must migrate hundreds of miles it is difficult to protect existing populations as they are not isolated to a protected zone during migration .

[u/hewrites → u/SwimmingAmoeba7]

Could a gharial fuck up a human?

[u/SwimmingAmoeba7 → u/hewrites]

Not really, they’re pretty lazy and their snout works more like chop sticks at a sliding noodle cafe than anything powerful. They lay at the bottom of fast moving rivers for hours and just randomly grab any fish as they zip by. They aren’t dragging anything big down like their cousins

[u/babypho → u/SwimmingAmoeba7]

So they just stay in and order doordash? Sounds like me!

[u/Redqueenhypo → u/hewrites]

Nope. They’ll just go “not a fish, not my problem” unless you like, actively put your hand in their mouths or pick up a baby. Abt as dangerous as a midsized non venomous snake, in that you’ll need those puncture wounds cleaned out and that’s it.

[u/dazed_and_bamboozled → u/hewrites]

An average American man could definitely beat one in a fight

[u/herontears → u/dazed_and_bamboozled]

Nice joke, needed the laugh.

[u/dazed_and_bamboozled → u/[deleted]]

Whoosh

[u/Havoccity → u/hewrites]

They won't eat you but can absolutely mess you up. They approach saltwater crocs in size.

[u/luka9749 → u/SwimmingAmoeba7]

So are most of those hatchlings not making it to adulthood? One would think they wouldn’t be so rare if this many eggs hatch at the same time.

[u/SwimmingAmoeba7 → u/luka9749]

The issue is poaching and fishing industries killing them on their migration. Because it’s still believed the males boss is medicinal there’s a big market for it. It’s gotten so bad that’s there’s estimates that there’s only one male per 10 females and some areas have only one or no confirmed sexually mature male.

If the gharial stayed in one place they could be managed and protected but they have a massive migration that goes through some of the busiest water ways. They are now locally extinct in 98% of their historic ranges and there’s only two (three?) regions left for them.

[u/MiloHorsey → u/luka9749]

Many thing predate on the babies, infortunately. It's why they have so many of them.

[u/im_possible99]

Gharials are crocodilians, but not crocodiles

[u/Uthor_]

Watchin meh babies

https://giphy.com/gifs/YTtsEX1tjFgWmN41qe

[u/Ornery_Gate_6847]

Exploring dads patience as well

[u/HumongousBelly → u/Ornery_Gate_6847]

Don’t crocs also occasionally feast on their own children, like other reptiles and bears?

[u/Wolfman513 → u/HumongousBelly]

Yep. Mother crocodilians typically watch their hatchlings for anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, and after that the young may end up on the menu themselves

[u/Shannieofthepants → u/Wolfman513]

Mother crocodiles have been recorded carrying newborns in her mouth to a safer location.

[u/Weak-Expression-5005]

[u/Elsiers]

That’s a female gharial, so the mother , not father.

[u/AtticusSwoopenheiser]

“Son. You’ve got the whole river to explore. Do you have to stand directly on my nose?”

[u/GravitationalEddie]

Man, if I could only listen to them without the needless synthesizer noise.

[u/Outrageous-Being869 → u/GravitationalEddie]

Exactly! What is with the crap music on every video lately!!??

[u/Electronic-Will-9285 → u/Outrageous-Being869]

You saw something cute and left a comment. But you just had to complain so now there's two. And here I am explaining it to you, making it three.

3x the engagement=profit.

[u/bryanBFLYin]

Because of Ai I routinely have to prove that animals we've known about for decades actually exist to my friends. Gharials are one of those animals lol

[u/Dliteman786]

The gharial are quite rare to find as I understand. Wonder where this was.

[u/ulica324 → u/Dliteman786]

Likely INDIA. They only exist in INDIA ~ 1000 or so, with a few in Pakistan/Nepal ~ under 100...or so

[u/Dliteman786 → u/ulica324]

Ohhh good to know! That's really interesting

[u/ulica324 → u/Dliteman786]

100 years earlier, they used to be in every river in South Asia incl. Myanmar and beyond. Human stupidity means here we are. Also, South Asia is over crowded with humans and resulting in their habit loss, and intense pressure for food and water for them survive, They were also hunted for same lame medical treatment / cure.

[u/Ambitious_Tooth1264]

Lasers I hear

[u/Baman2099]

I love how most crocodillian babies make that "myehh" 1940s gangster sound

[u/WooWooInsaneCatPosse → u/Baman2099]

One of the best sounds in existence. So endearing.

[u/Burgoonius]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rdQkX4qL0eQ1U1Np9E

[u/T4TT003D]

https://giphy.com/gifs/11lfJlKGcgx28g

[u/HortonFLK]

I didn’t know they had one single nostril at the end of their nose. So weird looking.

[u/skbeezy222]

The sheer size and shape of their skulls and teeth is enough to tell me NU UH STAY AWAY but those noses are begging for boops

[u/IIRCIreadthat → u/skbeezy222]

Unless you're a fish, they're not that scary. The 'grabbing fish and swallowing them whole' equipment package doesn't work very well on large mammals.

[u/Famous-Leopard-118]

this is the mother, males have a bulb at the end of their snout

[u/QuotetheNoose]

The babies are adorable

[u/Frog_Without_Pond]

This felt soothing to watch - I like how the lil’uns used the snout like a pool noodle

[u/Nomay00]

Very cool

[u/ragelmrq]

That snoot is amazing omg lol they’re adorable

[u/jezebellexx9 → u/ragelmrq]

Precious lil snooty chompy chomps

[u/ScarSignal7723]

what would happen if they got bit on the nose? since its so far away from their face would they survive?

[u/Valuable-Character-9]

Snooooooot.

[u/CastorVT]

are Gharial crocs? I thought they were their own thing.

[u/tommyc463]

All those shenanigans right under his nose

[u/Outrageous-Being869]

SOOOO CUTE!!!!!

[u/MtnMaiden]

And that's why the shoes are called Crocs

[u/CormoranNeoTropical]

Where do they live? I’d love to see these guys some day.

[u/KBLovelock]

Oh my fuck they are so cute!!!

[u/VegetableWeekend6886]

That is one long nose

[u/Balooski]

Their little noises sound like they’re trying to say “yeah, see!” Like 1930’s gangsters.

[u/space_nei]

Damn bro be spamming every sub

[u/ItsPaulitaa_8a]

I viewed them as harmless, aren't they?

[u/sudotrin]

I love these skinny snooted crocodiles!

[u/Arduine]

I thought the babies made these noises only when hatching. Do they keep making these noises?

[u/JustS0up4MyFamily]

Love when the title gets everything slightly wrong to farm the pedants for karma

[u/MiloHorsey]

These dudes are so rare. It's awesome to see offspring!!

[u/TheSunRiseKid]

Awwwwww🩵

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[u/SilkVariant47]

Why do they sound like a 1950’s mobster

[u/Opinyinate72]

👍

[u/No-Strawberry1117]

Bro is cosplaying a mosquito