Gharials at van vihar

Van Vihar is situated in the heart of Bhopal City. 445.21 hectare degraded hillock along with private Village land was initiated in 1980 and finally notified as a National Park in 1983. It has seven gharials and about 15 crocodiles as shared on its web site. According to the lUCN's Red list, the gharial is the most threatened of all crocodilian species. Recently this species has moved from Endangered to Critically Endangered.

Gharial or Indian gharial, is one of two surviving members of the fanily Gavialidae, a long-established group of crocodiles like reptiles with long, narrow jaws. Wikipedia says that Gharial is not a man-eater. (I dont have any experience, neither did I try ?) Despite its immense size, its thin, fragile jaws make it physically incapable of devouring any large animal, including a human being.