Forest officials have sighted 1,610 estuarine crocodiles, including three measuring more than 20 feet in the water bodies of Bhitarkanika National Park during their week long census. DFO (Bhitarkanika) Prasanna Kumar Behera on Thursday said their recent census report indicates that the population of the endangered reptiles has marginally increased from last year's 1,572 crocodiles.
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