One day Rom and Harry decided to shift the largest male Gharial in the Croc Bank from one pit to another as it had broken its upper jaw in a fight with another male during the previous breeding season.

As we were transferring the male Gharial into a female mugger pit, Harry jokingly yelled: "What do you think we will get-a Ghammer?"

Of course crocs only mate with others of their own species and there is no way a Gharial and mugger will get together.

Three species of crocodiles are found in India, namely: 1) the Gharials-which are fish-eating crocodiles; 2) the Muggers; and 3) the Salt-water crocodiles.

Gharials take longer to mature; about 8-10 years for the female and 12 years for the male.

Males of Gharials and Salties mature at three and a half metres and females at three metres.

Salties breed in April and Gharials between the last week of March to the second week of April.

Gharials, for example, often court each other by making a loud buzzing sound.

The gestation for a Mugger is 35-40 days and for Gharials and Salties, 40-65 days.