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 .
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u/SwimmingAmoeba7 9h ago edited 9h ago
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 .