Wildlife moments of the day

Our photographers capture wildlife moments, including a cormorant taking on a crocodile with a toothful smile and a Nilgai family getting bigger.

A cormorant pecks the tail of a crocodile at Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad on Thursday. (Photo | Vinay Madapu)

Updated on:

03 Nov 2016, 2:47 pm

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Cormorants are known for their fish catching skills, but this one seems to have more than just that. (Photo | Vinay Madapu)

The crocodile jaw has 24 teeth that are meant to crush prey, not chew. The bird seems blissfully ignorant of that. (Photo | Vinay Madapu)

The cormorant continues to gaze, unmindful of the toothful smile. (Photo | Vinay Madapu)

A Nilgai gives birth at the Thiruvananthapuram zoo. (Photo | B P Deepu)

The animal, endemic to the country, just got a bigger family. (Photo| B P Deepu)

The Nilgai with the newborns at the zoo. (Photo | B P Deepu)

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