His shrill whistle pours out in quick, short waves. As the whistling sound pierces the quiet air, the waters of the river Tiracol crease into ripples. “Look, a crocodile’s gliding towards us. There, another one,” says Ramchandar Charatkar. About half a dozen crocodiles swim close to the bank, a couple of snouts sticking out of the water as the whistling continues to rend the air.
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Charatkar of Insuli village in Sindhudurg district has a rapport with the crocodiles. The 38-year-old poultry trader says he has been feeding crocodiles chicken meat for more than a decade. He feeds the crocodiles twice a week. “There should be at least 25 crocodiles around this stretch currently. It’s a floating population as some get flown by the current to other parts of the river after the rains,” he says.