"While a Gharial swims by the background at the beginning of the clip, this is a fresh-water crocodile that you see in the Chambal river system!

National Chambal Sanctuary was founded in 1979. It is a wildlife sanctuary near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, India. Chambal Sanctuary is famous for crocodile , gharial , birds and six species of Turtles. More than 250 species of birds may be seen in the sanctuary. The sanctuary is protected under India's Wildlife Protection Act 1972.

This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected]."