CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Recently, Odisha’s Kendrapara district has earned the distinction of being the only district in India where all three species of crocodiles, salt-water, gharial and mugger, are found.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saltwater crocodile The largest specimen was found in Odisha, and reached 7.0 m (23.0 ft). Its population numbers about 300. Saltwater crocodiles live in the mangroves of Bhittarkanika and Sunderbans, Mahanadi Delta, and in the swamplands in Odisha and West Bengal (including rivers).

Detailed explanation-3: -India is home to three crocodile species – Gharial, Mugger, and Saltwater Crocodile.

Detailed explanation-4: -All the three species of crocodiles, namely, Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) and Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), in the river systems of Odisha were on the verge of extinction by the seventies.

Detailed explanation-5: -In news- Odisha’s Kendrapara is the only district in India to be home to all three species of crocodilians found in the country.