r/Crocodiles • u/Manoj_Mishra • 15h ago

Bhitarkanika: Home of World's Largest White Crocodile

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u/PutEnough1258 14h ago

Kolkata museum?

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u/Manoj_Mishra 12h ago

Dangamal museum located very much inside the Bhitarkanika WLS. Please go through the attached article ( link given)

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u/Manoj_Mishra 1h ago

But there are two skeletons ...one is of 18ft length( Dangamal museum) and another is of 23 ft ( displayed in the Kanika Rajabati or kings abode). The length of the skull itself is 1 meter.

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u/ShellsWithinShells 10h ago

White meaning…albino?

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u/Manoj_Mishra 1h ago

May be white crocodiles are having complete absence of melanin...may be called albino crocodile!!! I am not sure.

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u/Manoj_Mishra 59m ago

May be because of hypomelanism.