#cetacean
Thevaquita has the most restricted range of any marine cetacean, as they are endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California. They have evolved to live in shallow, murky water, sometimes so shallow that their backs protrude from the water. Unlike many other marine animals, they can also cope with the rapid and extreme temperature changes that can occur in shallow water.
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Thevaquita is Mexico’s only endemic marine mammal. The name vaquita is Spanish for “little cow”, and other names for the species include cochito (Spanish for “little pig”), desert porpoise, vaquita porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Gulf of California porpoise, and gulf porpoise.
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Sunder is on Twitter now!
I’ll be posting all the pages there (and doing some extra commentary) if you wanna check it out
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Fears for health of killer whale lost in the river Seine
A killer whale that has been making its way up the river Seine since the start of April is in poor health, having been exposed to too much fresh water. But authorities and marine scientists are hesitant to intervene.
The four-metre-long mammal, also called an orca, was first spotted at the start of April near the mouth of the Seine, a rare occurrence given the animals are only occasionally spotted in the English Channel.
Since then it has stayed in the estuary, apparently lost from its pod. It was recently spotted nearly 60 kilometers upstream around Yainville, west of the city of Rouen.
Local authorities and marine experts have been monitoring its position, but have not intervened. But now the animal’s health appears to be suffering.
