SHANGHAI - A creature believed to be the rare Chinese white dolphin has been sighted in the Yangtze river, an expert said Wednesday, renewing hope for a mammal recently declared as probably extinct.So President Bush has lucked out, at least for now. I'm sure he didn't want that one added to his record.
Video footage by a resident of eastern Anhui province purportedly taken this month appears to show the critically endangered white dolphin, known in China as the ‘baiji’, frolicking in its native Yangtze habitat, said Wang Ding, one of the world’s leading authorities on the species.(Khaleej Times)
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Good news for dolphin fans
Some weeks ago, I highlighted a story about the freshwater Yangtze River dolphin. Chinese scientists had completed a survey of the river and came to the conclusion that the recently rare dolphin species was probably extinct.
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