So far, more than 100 of the rare and endangered crocodiles have mysteriously died. While the exact cause still isn't known, scientists are getting closer. New reports indicate that the gharial's primary food source, tilapia, is absorbing an as-yet-unidentified toxin from the water. The gharials eat the tilapia, their kidneys are poisoned, uric acid builds up in their joints until they can't move, and then they starve to death. What a way to go.
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