_vaquita-last-chance-for-the-desert-porpoise-introduction.jpg "Vaquita - Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise - Introduction from nets 2006 Video Screenshot Preview")
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✓ Published: 31-Jul-2010
✓ Published: 31-Jul-2010
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The Vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise. They live only in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California, Mexico.nnScientists estimate that 200 animals remain. This shy, elusive porpoise is disappearing due to accidental entanglement in fishing nets set for shrimp. Following the loss of the Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) in 2006, the Vaquita is the next marine mammal in line for extinction.nnIn October 2008, I traveled to San Felipe, Mexico to follow an international scientific expedition
The Vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise. They live only in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California, Mexico.nnScientists estimate that 200 animals remain. This shy, elusive porpoise is disappearing due to accidental entanglement in fishing nets set for shrimp. Following the loss of the Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) in 2006, the Vaquita is the next marine mammal in line for extinction.nnIn October 2008, I traveled to San Felipe, Mexico to follow an international scientific expedition
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