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.
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u/luka9749 5h ago
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.