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Dolphin activity in Hong Kong's waters has increased 30% since the coronavirus lockdown began in March, new research shows. Rare Pink Dolphins Have Returned to Hong Kong Due to COVID-19 Lockdown ...
HONG KONG, July 17 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's rare pale pink dolphins are battling for survival as building work on a 19-mile bridge linking the Asian financial hub with China disrupts the ...
Adult Chinese white dolphin swimming off the coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, boat trips to visit the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins have been running since the 1990s. [22] The dolphins mainly live in the waters of Lantau North, Southeast Lantau, the Soko Islands and Peng Chau. A code of conduct regulates dolphin-watching ...
The total land area of Hong Kong is 1,076 square kilometres, but about 75% of this land is open countryside, [1] which contains more than 2600 species of vascular plants, about 450 species of birds, about 200 species of butterflies, about 100 species of dragonflies, 40 species of mammals, 80 species of reptiles and more than 20 species of amphibians, including some that are endemic to the ...
Pink dolphin may refer to: Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis chinensis) , of the Pearl River Delta that also occur in Southeast Asia and breed from South Africa to Australia Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) , live in the river systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela
In 2018, the pink dolphins were classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and two years later, so were the tucuxi. “The first year I came here, in one year ...
Many of these places are more than just dolphinariums; the list includes themeparks, marine mammal parks, zoos or aquariums that may also have more than one species of dolphin. The current status of parks marked with an asterisk (*) is unknown; these parks may have closed down, moved, changed names or no longer house any dolphins. Due to the ...
The Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society (HKDCS) (Traditional Chinese: 香港海豚保育學會) is a non-governmental organisation that is dedicated to the conservation of whales, and dolphins and porpoises in Hong Kong. Founded in December 2003, its mission is to protect whales and dolphins through scientific research and public education.