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A broad-snouted freshwater crocodile found in lakes, rivers and marshes of Sindh and Balochistan.
Muggers can grow to around 4 metres. They eat fish, birds and mammals and can survive droughts by burrowing into mud. A famous colony of muggers lives at the shrine of Manghopir in Karachi, where they are fed by visitors.
Drying wetlands, pollution and conflict with fishermen threaten the mugger.