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The vaquita wasn’t This endangered cetacean is not only the smallest porpoise species, but the most rare. Where there were once thousands of vaquitas swimming in the sea, today there may only be ...
The vaquita (/ v ə ˈ k iː t ə / və-KEE-tə; Phocoena sinus) is a species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico.Reaching a maximum body length of 150 cm (4.9 ft) (females) or 140 cm (4.6 ft) (males), it is the smallest of all living cetaceans.
Sea of Shadows is a 2019 documentary about environmental activists (Sea Shepherd), the Mexican Navy, marine scientists and undercover investigators trying to prevent the extinction of the vaquita, a species of porpoise and the smallest whale in the world, by pulling gillnets, doing research, and fighting back Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia who are destroying ocean habitats in their brutal ...
This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico.As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors.
Leo DiCaprio’s Nat Geo Doc Exposes Porpoise Killings
A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of a truck full of bodies recently found in Mexico. Screenshot from X Verdict: False The video is from 2018. Fact Check: Mexican Drug ...
The spout only forms when warm air from the lungs meets cold air, so it does not form in warmer climates, as with river dolphins. [17] [22] [23] Almost all cetaceans have a thick layer of blubber, except for river dolphins. In species that live near the poles, the blubber can be as thick as 11 in (28 cm).
The family Balaenidae, the right whales, contains two genera and four species. All right whales have no ventral grooves; a distinctive head shape with a strongly arched, narrow rostrum, bowed lower jaw; lower lips that enfold the sides and front of the rostrum; and long, narrow, elastic baleen plates (up to nine times longer than wide) with fine baleen fringes.