The river is located in the National Chambal Sanctuary in northern India, and the extraordinary reptilian photograph was snapped by photographer and conservationist Dhritiman Mukherjee, who reportedly spends 280 days a year in the field and has seen some extraordinary sights across northern India and beyond.
Mukherjee uses his wonderful talent as a photographer to advance the cause of wildlife conservation. This extraordinary picture of a father crocodile piggybacking his month-old children on his back highlights a critically endangered species known as the gharial crocodile—a freshwater crocodile native to northern India.
