Three saltwater crocodiles that had spent years in captivity in Bangladesh, one of them held for about 22 years, showed no sign of heading back toward the facilities that had kept them over as many as 127 days of satellite tracking in the Sundarbans, while a wild-caught male released what the paper puts at 131.8 kilometres from his capture site ranged over an estimated 2,515 square kilometres and moved up to 34.3 kilometres in a day
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Three crocodiles kept in captivity for up to about 22 years stayed within modest stretches of Sundarbans mangrove channel in the months they were tracked after release. A male released 131.8 km from the village where he was caught moved consistently north, toward it, the paper reports.A satellite-tracking study of five saltwater crocodiles in Bangladesh's Sundarbans, published in Wildlife Research with Ruchira Somaweera as first author…
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Ruchira SomaweeraCharapotia KhalVodra KhalWildlife ResearchKaramjal Crocodile Breeding CentreBangladesh Forest DepartmentJongra, Rangpur, BangladeshHarbaria Khal, Khulna, BangladeshBangladeshAustraliaCobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, AustraliaJessore, Khulna, BangladeshSundarbans, Khulna, BangladeshCape York Peninsula, Queensland, AustraliaGermany
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A satellite-tracking study of five saltwater crocodiles in Bangladesh's Sundarbans, published in Wildlife Research with Ruchira Somaweera as first author…