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UNDER THREAT: WWF suspects toxins from the Yamuna are entering the Chambal’s ecosystem.

UNDER THREAT: WWF suspects toxins from the Yamuna are entering the Chambal’s ecosystem.

Gharials under threat as river turn poison

Scientists believe they have found of what is killing the rare Indian gharial in the Chambal river—toxins. Autopsies on the 10 gharials that have died in the Chambal since December 2007 show that the animals died of renal diseases like gout and kidney failure. Scientists suspect unidentified toxins caused the diseases.

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