The Most Endangered Marine Mammal Still Exists. Here’s the Latest Count. | Scientists and officials spent days at sea searching for vaquitas, shy porpoises threatened by fishing gear.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/climate/vaquita-porpoise-survey-mexico.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y00.mBPC.HD5Uqo6SZmXG

I’ll note that freshwater dolphins in China are likely extinct.

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givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean, “the most endangered ______” always still exits…

If not, then it’s “the most recently extinct ________”

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- protist@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “I’m a pedantic buzzkill and I only read the headline” vibes
  
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