Smiling at danger, China’s finless porpoise fights to survive
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Smiling at danger, China’s finless porpoise fights to surviveWuhan (China) (AFP) - In an oxbow lake along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, a breathy sigh pierces the surface stillness as one of China’s most endangered animals comes up for a gulp of hazy air.A slick black back with...
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Pollution, overfishing, hydroelectric dams and shipping traffic have rendered the Yangtze finless porpoise critically endangered, worse off even than China's best-known symbol of animal conservation, the panda © AFP Johannes EISELE