The Baiji dolphin

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DESCRIPTION• It had a stocky body and a long, thin snout. Their pectoral fins

were small and rounded at the tip. It had a triangular dorsal fin that was toward in the middle of it’s body. Caudal fin was well developed.

• It had small eyes near to the top of the head. The ears were where the other dolphin ’s eyes are. It’s colors were pale, smoked gray and sometimes pink.

• It lived in the Yangtze river in China.

• Weight: from 155 lbs to 200 lbs (adult), 11 lbs (newborn)• Sizes: an adult could measure form 6 feets to 8 feets and a

newborn could measure from 2 feets to 6 feets.• They could live to 30 years. • They ate small fish and shrimp.

Why is it extinct?

• It is extincted due to the high level of contamination in the Yangtze river. It killed the small fish so it couldn’t eat them. The contamination also affected their skin.

• Anyway the baiji dolphin is not totally extinct, it’s “functionaly extinct”.We say that because the chinese scientists say that others animals which were extinct appeared suddently so there is a 1% of possibility that it reappears.

Where did it live?

• The Baiji Dolphin lived in the Yangtze river, wich is the largest river in China and Asia and the third in the world.

• It’s a river dolphin so you could’t find it in the sea.

Vocabulary

• Stocky: achaparrado• Soot: foradet (espiracle) per on respiren

els dofins.• Flat: pla• Snout: morro• Fins: aletes• Tip: punta