The Brief
- The Fort Worth Zoo announced that eight gharials were born this summer, the fourth year in a row the zoo has seen
- Gharials are a critically endangered species, and the Fort Worth Zoo is the only institution in North America to have successful gharial births in consecutive years.
- The hatchlings will remain behind closed doors as zoo staff monitor their growth over the coming months.
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating the birth of multiple rare gharials as the zoo fights to keep the critically endangered crocodile relatives alive.
Fort Worth Zoo gharial births
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