Sunday, December 17, 2006
12/17/2006 10:20:00 AM
12/17/2006 10:20:00 AM
Rare White Dolphin Declared As Extinct
posted by Francis Ho
This is sad ...International Expedition Declares the Baiji, a Rare White Dolphin, to Be Effectively Extinct.
Specialists prepare to examine Qi Qi, a Yangtze River dolphin in captivity, in an aquarium in Wuhan, capital city of China's Hubei province, in this June 13, 2002 file photo. An international expedition to search for a rare Chinese river dolphin has ended without a single sighting, and researchers said Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006 that the aquatic mammal is facing imminent extinction. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hao Tongqian, File)
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Wuching said:
not extinct lah..i kept some in my backyard! dun tell anyone hah!
Extinctions have been happening for as long as life has existed on Earth, but mankind is sadly doing a very good job of accelerating the process...
I really like your holiday-ornamented blog design, Francis!
I really like your holiday-ornamented blog design, Francis!
At Wednesday, 20 December, 2006 YD said:
it reminds me so much of the past news about the extinction of leather-back-turtle in Malaysia. :-(