The gharial is an animal now native to Northern India, earlier in earth’s history, the gharial used to live in the Americas, and Africa as well. This reduction of their population was of no fault to man as it occurred before mankind’s existence.  The gharial is probably one of the strangest, and best suited crocadilian, the gharial has very long, narrow jaws which continue to grow narrower as the beast ages. The gharial lives in calmer areas of deep, fast rivers, the gharial has a difficult time outside of the water and only leaves to bask and nest. The reason for the gharial’sawkward snout, it is solely built as a hunting mechanism, the gharial eats only small fish as an adult, so, with a swift swinging and snapping motion, the gharial can spear an optimal amount of fish on its spear like teeth.  The gharial is the third largest crocadilian species.  Male gharials have a growth on their upper jaw at the tip of their snout, this bulbous “ghara” is used to create a resonating hum and to attract females visually.  The gharial is of no threat to us, although they are large, the gharial’s fragile jaws cannot incapacitate a human.  Gharials mate from November to January, and nesting occurs in the dry season of March through May.  When juveniles hatch the mother does not assist her young because of her many dangerous teeth.  In the ’70s the gharial was pushed to the brink of extinction, the gharial is now completely protected and numbers seem to be on the rise although still left at only 400 mating pairs due to a recent event where over 100 gharials died due to grout-like symptoms. Gharials are walking on a narrow line between life and death, they are truly a unique species worth saving.