They are found in great numbers in the Ganges, even so far up as it is navigable, but seem to delight more in the slow moving labyrinth of rivers and creeks which intersect with the delta of that river to the South, S.E. and East, of Calcutta. —William Roxburgh, 1801, Asiatic Researches, Vol 7 The Gangetic River Dolphin, Platanista gangetica gangetica, is a strange and ancient creature. It lives in sediment-rich depths of the great rivers of north and northeast India, has eyes th