GAVIAL

gāˈvēəl, large reptile of the crocodile order, found in rivers from Pakistan to Myanmar. Also called gharial, the gavial (Gavialis gangeticus) is distinguished from the crocodiles and alligators by its extremely long, slender, parallel-sided snout. It feeds chiefly on fish, which it catches with side-to-side sweeps of the head. The young are hatched from eggs buried in the riverbank. Gavials are not known to attack humans. They average 12 to 15 ft (3.7–4.6 m) in length, with some individuals over 20 ft (6.1 m) long. The so-called false gavial is actually a narrow-snouted crocodile. The true gavial is classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Crocodilia, family Gavialidea.

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books on: Gavial  - 19 results

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1.
George Eliot and the British Empire
Book by Nancy Henry; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Colonies In Literature, Eliot, George--1819-1880--Views On Imperialism, Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th Century, Imperialism In Literature, Literature And Society--Great Britain--History--19th Century
...a discussion of the activities of Sir Gavial Mantrap, who has fallen into disgrace...means 129 . Theophrastus portrays Sir Gavial as the ultimate immoral man. He defines immorality. He is a Gavial an alligator, like Grandcourt and a man...
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Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa
Book by Meave G. Leakey, John M. Harris; Columbia University Press, 2003
Subjects: Animals, Fossil--Kenya--Lothagam Site, Lothagam Site (Kenya), Paleontology--Miocene, Vertebrates, Fossil--Kenya--Lothagam Site
...characters. Brochu (1997) positions Gryposuchus, a South American gavial (Buffetaut 1982, Langston 1965, Langston and Gasparini 1997...long) is bicarinate, sharp, and acutely conical in typical gavial fashion. As in Gavialis and the Fayum form(s) but unlike...
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The Jungle Books
Book by Rudyard Kipling, W. W. Robson; Oxford University Press, 1992
Subjects: Adventure Stories, English, Animals--Fiction, Fiction, Jungles--India--Fiction, Mowgli (Fictitious Character)--Fiction
...as the boatmen say, and I have thought deeply always. The Gavial, my cousin, the fish-eater, has told me how hard it is...say that is wisdom; but, on the other hand, by cousin, the Gavial, lives among his people. My people do not swim in companies...
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An Elementary Approach to Thinking under Uncertainty
Book by Shlomith Dekel, Ruth Gombo, Moshe Shaked, Sarah Lichtenstein, Benny Marom, Ruth Beyth-Marom; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985
Subjects: Intuition, Thought and thinking, Uncertainty
...and then cover it up. cold, bolide, enol, nice, warm, gavial, akee, friend, foin, girl, picture, scop Now write down...are more easily recalled than the unfamiliar bolide, enol, gavial, akee, foin, scop . Thus, familiar words are more available...
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The Great Naturalists Explore South America
Book by Paul Russell Cutright; The Macmillan Company, 1940
Subjects: Naturalists, Zoology--South America
...largest of existing saurians, at least two species, the Indian gavial and the Madagascar crocodile, reaching a maximum length of...species of crocodile, five species of caiman, and two species of gavial. These are much alike in general appearance; but to the eye...
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journal articles on: Gavial  - 4 results

 
 
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The Goncourts, Gustave Planche, and Antoine-Louis Barye's Un Jaguar Devorant Un Lievre
Journal article by Matthew T. Simms; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 38, 2009
Subjects: Animal sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Barye, Antoine-Louis--Criticism and interpretation, Barye, Antoine-Louis--Works, Goncourt, Edmond de--Works, Goncourt, Jules de--Works, Jaguar devorant un lievre (Sculpture)--Criticism and interpretation, Naturalism--Portrayals, Planche, Gustave--Works
...and 1833, where he showed his impressive Tigre devorant un gavial and Lion au serpent, respectively (Fig. 2). (3) After...as an animal sculptor with his sensational Tigre devorant un gavial. In his comments about this sculpture, Planche celebrated...
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Beau Comme L'antique, Vrai Comme la Nature
Journal article by Isabelle Leroy-Jay Lemaistre; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 35, 2006
Subjects: Art criticism--History, French sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture, French--Criticism and interpretation
...contemporains de Barye. On reproche au sculpteur du Tigre devorant un gavial (fig. 17) "davoir choisi pour son crocodile une espece a...par le sculpteur" (voir Lenormant 41): en somme le nez du gavial nest pas assez "grec"! Cette critique contre le realisme...
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"Adamdun," the Hippopotamus, and the Crocodile
Journal article by Miguel Civil; Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 50, 1998
...found in a Late Sargonic-Ur III context in Tell Asmar (Frankfort, OIP 72, pl. 61, no. 642). The crocodilian, (a gavial in this case) is pictured together with a rhinoceros and an elephant. The knowledge of the crocodile came in this instance...
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The Solo (Ngandong) Homo Erectus Assemblage: A Taphonomic Assessment
Journal article by R.W. Dennell; Archaeology in Oceania, Vol. 40, 2005
Subjects: Abandoned settlements--Discovery and exploration, Abandoned settlements--Research, Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.--Discovery and exploration, Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.--Research, Homo erectus--Research, Pithecanthropus erectus--Research, Taphonomy
...near rivers, and the Meganthropus III mandible from Sangiran has a puncture wound consistent with a bite from a crocodile or gavial (Koenigswald 1968). Although crocodilians are not reported from Ngandong, gavials (Gavialis bengawanicus) were present...


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newspaper articles on: Gavial  - 25 results

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From Bullriding to Live Music, Snow; Plenty of Ways to See in the New Year in Rocky with Everything
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), December 27, 2010
...specials, icy cocktails performances by Thunderbirds and Shoeless Joe. Gavial Creek New Years Rodeo What: Gavial Creek New Years Rodeo When: 5pm, December 31 Where: Gavial Creek Rodeo Campdraft Complex Cost: $25 a Family, $10- adults...
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New Levees Could Increase Flood Height
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), March 18, 2011
...lagoons then through Yeppen, Woolwash and Gavial Creek areas. Looking at Google Earth...Yeppen area, Frogmore, Woolwash and Gavial areas and then a direct route to the river...Gracemere roads and containments for Lion and Gavial creeks but the major road and rail bypasses...
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Cowboy Leads Rodeo Battle against Kiwis
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), October 2, 2010
...series starting at 5pm as a lead up to the Gavial Creek Rodeo, Perrett will captain Australia...the rookie and junior bull rides in the Gavial Creek Rodeo. Two of the youngest members...all help everyone else out.Cyen In the Gavial Creek Rodeo Perrett is up against one...
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No Bull, He Can Really Ride
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), October 1, 2010
...seconds this season and after drawing it for Saturday nights Gavial Creek Rodeo, Postle will have his hands full. Goodys Red Dirt...sitting in fourth place. As the lead-up to tomorrow nights Gavial Creek Rodeo, the Australian High School Rodeo Association will...
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Stranded Boat Causes a Headache for Its Owner
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), January 22, 2011
Subjects: Boats, Boats and boating, Cigarette boats
...Allen Pidgeon says he has this weekend to remove his $40,000 boat from the Gavial Creek Bridge or he risks losing it. The 10m wooden boat was tied to the mouth of Gavial Creek when floodwaters washed it onto the bridge. It has stranded families...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gavial  - 3 results

 
 
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Gavial
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GAVIAL ga ve l, large reptile of the crocodile...Pakistan to Myanmar. Also called gharial, the gavial ( Gavialis gangeticus ) is distinguished...6.1 m) long. The so-called false gavial is actually a narrow-snouted crocodile...
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Crocodile
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...African dwarf crocodiles ( Osteolaemus ) and the so-called false gavial ( Tomistoma ) of Asia, crocodiles are classified in the genus...Reptilia, order Crocodilia, family Crocodilidae. See also gavial . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Barye, Antoine Louis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...bronze. They enjoyed an international popularity and are still highly prized. Well-known examples of his work are Tiger and Gavial, Jaguar and Hare, Theseus and the Minotaur (all: Louvre), and Centaur and Lapith (Tuileries). He is also represented...


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