| | It's been awhile ... and the news is not good.
The Chinese River Dolphin or 白鱀豚 has been declared functionally extinct
Probable causes (according to Wikipedia*).
- the building of the Three Gorges Dam
- extreme environmental pollution, ie. filth being dumped into the Yangtze
- hunting by people
- ship collisions and intrusion of ship propellers which throw the sonar
*Note how the site is linked off a proxy server thanks to Chinese
censors blocking Wikipedia, sometimes gchat, and often google image
search.
August Pfluger, a Swiss conservationist on the dolphin: "It's nobody's fault," he said. "You can't point to somebody and blame
him. In the middle of the most flourishing economy in the world, a
little dolphin, nobody cares." This is so sad. Dolphins are one of the most intelligent creatures in the world. It looks so cute too with it's long, sharp snout and little eyes. Good job humans! Aya!
RIP
millions of year BC - 2006
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| | Posted 12/16/2006 10:33 AM - 14 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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