{"id":87113,"date":"2020-01-06T12:18:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T06:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13014"},"modified":"2020-01-06T12:18:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T06:48:48","slug":"bhitarkanika-census-finds-an-increase-of-15-saltwater-crocodiles-from-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bhitarkanika-census-finds-an-increase-of-15-saltwater-crocodiles-from-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhitarkanika census finds an increase of 15 saltwater crocodiles from last year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>According to official estimates, the population of the saltwater or estuarine crocodile has increased in the water bodies of Odisha\u2019s Bhitarkanika National Park to 1,757<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Bhitarkanika National Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00b7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It is located in Kendrapara district of Odisha<\/li><li>It is inundated by the rivers Brahmani, Baitarani, Dhamra, Pathsala.<\/li><li>It is the second-largest mangrove ecosystem in India, the first being Sundarbans (West Bengal).<\/li><li>It has been designated as a Ramsar Site.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/URWfseFjQRUkyK7tZlBwGfaFAT42DNiCjQ2h6vtPmsqmAeotyO28qC6hCrz5fBWhX8isHW2K0wbS0FTtGdMdy0tQLIBU44C4M2Huvos_8Rm09I_w92ZM-KmJlaNipoz4Gl5JuKNK\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Odisha is the only state in India having all three species of crocodile\u2014 gharial, mugger and saltwater crocodile.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Species of crocodile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Species<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>IUCN Status<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saltwater Crocodile<\/td><td>Least concern<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mugger<\/td><td>Vulnerable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gharial<\/td><td>Critically Endangered<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: According to official estimates, the population of the saltwater or estuarine crocodile has increased in the water bodies of Odisha\u2019s Bhitarkanika National Park to 1,757 Facts: About Bhitarkanika National Park \u00b7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It is located in Kendrapara district of Odisha It is inundated by the rivers Brahmani, Baitarani, Dhamra, Pathsala. It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bhitarkanika-census-finds-an-increase-of-15-saltwater-crocodiles-from-last-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bhitarkanika census finds an increase of 15 saltwater crocodiles from last year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4851],"class_list":["post-87113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-bhitarkanika","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704915602},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}