Thursday, 14. December 2006
Topic: NATURE - on December 14, 2006 at 9:56:00 AM CET
Rare White Dolphin Declared As Extinct
A rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for millions of years is effectively extinct, an international expedition declared Wednesday after ending a fruitless six-week search of its Yangtze River habitat.
The baiji would be the first large aquatic mammal driven to extinction since hunting and overfishing killed off the Caribbean monk seal in the 1950s.
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