Deaths of Rare Crocodile in India Stir Alarm
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The rare Indian crocodile known as the gharial is turning up dead by the dozens on the banks of a river in India and forest officials donât know why.
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By Leigh Woosley, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 5--JENKS -- Few visitors watching stingrays glide through the water  Monday at the Oklahoma Aquarium were aware that the same type of animal had  killed Steve Irwin, the popular and effusive host of the "Crocodile Hunter"  television show.
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A state in northern India has ordered a probe into sudden deaths of a pair of apparently healthy rare tigers in a government zoo, a report said.
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Two young Royal Bengal tigers died unexpectedly at a zoo in India where dozens of lions have already died young, possibly because of a breeding program that produced weak animals, a conservator said Thursday.
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LOS ANGELES - Marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau said Tuesday that while he mourns the recent death of &quot;The Crocodile Hunter,&quot; Steve Irwin, he disagrees with Irwin's hands-on approach to nature television.
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Quirky crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had a sixth sense that he would die young, his American-born wife Terri said on Monday.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - What do you do when a 1,250-pound crocodile turns into a diva? Take him away from his audience. Officials at the St. Augustine Farm and Zoological Park said Maximo has been refusing for about a month to cooperate for his daily feedings of guinea pigs and quail.
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has banned sales of a rare Asian dolphin. Environmentalists say the move is necessary to save the Irrawaddy dolphin, whose numbers are thought to be as low as 1,000 in the wild.
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At least 20 endangered turtles have been found dead along the coast of southeastern Bangladesh, an official said Thursday.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Fatally injured "Crocodile   Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled a stingray's serrated barb from his   chest before he lost consciousness and died, his manager said   Tuesday as fans worldwide mourned the exuberant naturalist.
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DARWIN, Australia - The skills of Crocodile Dundee were not needed. The reptile was placid and sick, but in the wrong place.  A three-foot saltwater crocodile ended up in a public swimming pool in the tropical Australian city of Darwin.
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A NORTHERN Territory ranger has raised the possibility that the menstrual cycle of a female German backpacker may have attracted the 4.6m crocodile that killed her in Kakadu National Park two years ago.
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The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service says it will investigate the circumstances surrounding a crocodile attack in the state&#39;s far north.
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A rare fossil from the age of the dinosaurs is shedding light on when the modern crocodile first evolved a skull strong enough to keep hold of its prey during the dismembering &#39;death roll&#39;.
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At least 20 endangered sea turtles have washed up dead along the southern Bangladesh coast over the last week, an official said Wednesday.
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CHANDIGARH, India  - Twenty-one lions are dying in   a zoo in north India after a cross-breeding experiment to boost   the park's attractions went disastrously wrong.
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NAMALINDE, Malawi  - Maria Semu holds back tears  as she tells how she lost her husband Ngalu to a crocodile --  another victim of growing conflict between man and beast in one  of Africa's poorest countries.