Gharials; Everything You Need To Know | Croctober Live Q&A | National Geographic Wild UK

Описание: Thank you to all those who joined us for a chat and Q&A with Phoebe Griffith, a Crocodilian Conservation Scientist and National Geographic Explorer. In this Live Explorer Q&A presented by Dr. Claire McNulty, from the National Geographic Society, Phoebe shared her work on the enigmatic Gharial as well as answering questions submitted by you during Croctober Week.

Phoebe is a crocodilian conservationist and zoologist, who aims to use scientific research to inform conservation decision making. She has always loved the mysterious species that live in freshwaters (the bigger and more teeth the better!), most of all the gharial, a very unique and incredibly weird-looking croc species found in South Asia. Growing up in Nepal, she was inspired by the work of Nepalese conservationists to save the gharial from extinction, and is privileged to have now joined the efforts to help the gharial recover in and around Chitwan National Park, a World Heritage Site in southern Nepal.

Currently, Phoebe is conducting her PhD research on gharial ecology and conservation in Nepal, which has involved catching and tagging wild adult gharial, monitoring the survival of gharial released from captivity, and documenting the awesome parenting skills of the gharial and the mugger (Nepal’s other resident croc species), which has a tendency to crunch on her camera traps… Phoebe is a member of the IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group, and a Research Fellow of Himalayan Nature. Her PhD is with the University of Oxford and the Zoological Society London. Phoebe is also a National Geographic Explorer, awarded a grant from the National Geographic Society in 2018.

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