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| The Irrawaddy River Dolphin |
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June 10th, 2008 |
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The Irrawaddy river dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), the Asian dolphin lives in coastal waters, brackish estuaries and freshwater rivers in Southeast Asia and north Australia. It is one of the four river dolphins live in freshwater. This endangered dolphin is pale gray and adult is at the lengths of 2-2.75 meters. With a round head and no beak and is occasionally mistaken for a beluga whale or a porpoise.
According to WWF, the Irrawaddy dolphin has received very little attention, but is probably in very serious danger of disappearing over much of its range. Because its distribution is in coastal areas, the Irrawaddy dolphin is often vulnerable to the harmful effects of human activities. Irrawaddy dolphins feed on a variety of fish, crustaceans and cephalopods. Little is known about their reproduction.
WWF Cambodia conducted “Report Abundance of Mekong River Dolphin Population” during April and May in 2007. With totally 139 hours 32 minutes searching effort, the research team observed a total of 61 dolphins. And the preliminary population abundance estimate for the Mekong dolphin was between 66 and 86 dolphins, with a best estimate of 71 dolphins by MARK statistical program, using a closed population model at the end of May 2007.
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| 5 Responses to “The Irrawaddy River Dolphin” |
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| shengnan said: |
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| June 10th, 2008 |
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Hi, if somebody could help me with the sizes of pics, that would be great. I have no idea how to make the picture of distribution smaller.
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| pin said: |
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| June 10th, 2008 |
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Suggest to get clear picture and their permission for a new clear picture of river dolphin. Also, please include more fact about dolphin. Pls rewrite the post than source from National Geography as we will be using this in our guidebook later.
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| a4blog.com » » Coming soon guidebook said: |
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| June 11th, 2008 |
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[...] have lovely Lina who draws the maps in detail. Last but not least, we have Shengnang who is the Irrawaddy river dolphin charity [...]
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| rachel said: |
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| March 1st, 2009 |
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if any one could pls tell mehow lonf Irrawaddy dolphins live an how they defend and protect themselfs
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| Pin said: |
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| March 2nd, 2009 |
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I am sorry, I may not be the right person to answer this. Anyway, I am interested to learn that if you are running some animal conservation project?
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