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Five reasons people travel to Bhitarkanika, and what each one is like from the boat.
Bhitarkanika holds India’s largest population of giant estuarine crocodiles, some growing beyond 20 feet.
Gori, the rare white estuarine crocodile of Dangmal, is found nowhere else in the country.
Annual census records 1,52,762 birds from 106 species, including geese, ducks, herons, and storks; forest officials note a steady increase in migratory bird numbers over the past decade.
The park is home to eight different species of kingfisher of which the brown-winged (mostly found in eastern India and southwestern Bangladesh),…
As mangroves are just not a lifeline for the eco-system which is a home to a rich flora and fauna but it also acts as an environment cushion for the coastlines.
