MEXICO CITY: The vaquita, a small porpoise on the verge of extinction, is still hanging in there, said scientists on Wednesday (Jun 8) who had spotted about a dozen specimens of Mexico's 'panda of the sea' on an expedition in May. The vaquita is the smallest of all porpoises, similar to dolphins but with s
MEXICO CITY: The vaquita, a small porpoise on the verge of extinction, is still hanging in there, said scientists on Wednesday who had spotted about a dozen specimens of Mexico's"panda of the sea" on an expedition in May.
They perish in nets used to illegally catch totoaba, large fish whose swim bladders - organs used to control buoyancy - are believed in China to hold medicinal powers.
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