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1. 1.

   Complete these sentences with information found in the text.

   1. It looks different from other crocodiles In having ___________ snout and __________ jaws.
   2. Male gharials grow, at the end of the snout, _________ through which they prioduce _______.
   3. The male gharial also uses the snouts to prouce _________.
   4. Unlike other female crocodiles which have to carry ___________ from the nest to the water, a female gharial just puts her babies outside the nest and moves towards the river. The babies ___________.
   5. Unlike other crocodiles which live in ______________ , gharials live in ___________, eating only _______________. 
2. 2.

   The territory-holder surges forward, churning the water into froth with his tail.

   1. What or who is being talked about?
   2. What does he surge forward towards? With what intention?
   3. What are the two possible results?
3. 3.

   What were Whitaker and his team going to do with the eggs? Why? (para 3)

4. 4.

   Was their work part of a larger project? What project? What made it necessary? (paras 12 and 13)

5. 5.

   Did Whitaker and his team succeed in breeding a large number of gharials in captivity?
   Was their project a success or a failure? What made it so? (paras 13 and 14)

6. 6.

   Is Whitaker optimistic at the end of the text? What makes him feel that way? (para 16)