Baiji River Dolphin May or May Not Be Extinct

ozmanjusri writes "Major news outlets are reporting that after 20 million years, Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) are now officially extinct. This is apparently actually old news; it was announced on a Baiji conservation website in December of last year. One outlet, though, is claiming they may not quite be completely dead yet. The same scientist that filed the report leading the the declaration of extinction is still hopeful: '"This is only one survey and...you can't have a sample in a survey, so you cannot say the baiji all is gone by the result of only one survey," he said. "For example, there is some side channels or some tributaries [where] we cannot go because of a restriction of navigation rules, and also we don't survey during the night-time so we may miss some animals in the Yangtze River." Professor Ding says based on anecdotal evidence, he remains confident the dolphins are still out there. "I'm pretty much sure there are a few of them left somewhere in the Yangtze River," he said. "I keep receiving reports from fishermen, they say they saw a couple of baiji somewhere, sometime."'"

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[Blakey Rat]

i'll bet my life any random chinese person could better articulate the shame and anger at this horrible crime and tragedy, against china, by the chinese themselves

Species die out all the time. They did before humans existed, and they will long after we've taken our turn and died out. It's not that big a deal.

And the prize for tool of the year goes to...

[Nursie]

Seriously, WTF?

GW is a climate phenomenon caused by us chucking crap into the atmosphere.
Pollution is another problem with a similar source. Both are really big issues affecting humans and other animals, both are due to our activity.

Slightest of attention

[circletimessquare]

liquid nitrogen

thanks for you time, retard