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Endangered Dolphins

Endangered Dolphins. mauidolphins.org Mrs. Lake Gifted 12-18-12. Some Endangered Dolphins . Maui’s dolphin Mahakam River Irrawaddy dolphin Malampaya Sound Irrawaddy dolphin Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin Songkhla Lake Irrawaddy dolphin

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Endangered Dolphins

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  1. Endangered Dolphins mauidolphins.org Mrs. Lake Gifted 12-18-12

  2. Some Endangered Dolphins • Maui’s dolphin • Mahakam River Irrawaddy dolphin • Malampaya Sound Irrawaddy dolphin • Mekong River Irrawaddy dolphin • Songkhla Lake Irrawaddy dolphin • Eastern Taiwan Strait humpback dolphin • Yangtze dolphin • Hector’s dolphin • Mediterranean common dolphin • South Asian river dolphin http://sealife-ocean-life.knoji.com/the-worlds-endangered-dolphin-species/

  3. Fun Facts • There are just 8000 Hector’s dolphins left in the world • They have warm blood • Hector’s dolphins are known to live to a maximum of about 20 years • smallest marine dolphins • 2-30 in a group • scientific name for the Hector’s dolphin is Cephalorhynchushectori brandoncole.com http://www.kedgley.school.nz/Kedgley/animalsite/Conservation%20Fact%20Sheets/DOCS/1/hectorsdolphin.htm http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/hectors-dolphin/facts/ http://www.kcc.org.nz/hectors-dolphins

  4. Fun Facts • Maui’s dolphins live only in New Zealand • The smallest and rarest marine dolphin species on earth • There are now just 55 adult Maui’s dolphins left, down from around 1,000 forty years ago • listed internationally as 'critically endangered‘ • The dolphins are known to live up to 20 years wwf.panda.org http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/mauis-dolphin/facts/ https://www.change.org/petitions/save-maui-s-dolphins-now

  5. Threats to these endangered dolphins? Maui’s dolphin Hector’s dolphin Gill nets Fishing Pollution Trawling Organochlorines Metals Oil spills Plastic debris Tourism Climate change http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-meammals/dolphins/mauis-dolphin/threats/threats-not-caused-by-people/ http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine- mammals/dolphins/mauis-dolphin/threats/threats-caused-by-people/ • Gill nets • Fishing • Pollution • Disease • Predation • Weather • Trawl nets • Mining • Scientific interactions http://www.arkanimals.com/hectors-maui-dolphins-endangered/

  6. References • http://www.hectorsdolphins.com/turn-the-red-sea-green.html • http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-meammals/dolphins/mauis-dolphin/threats/threats-not-caused-by-people • http://www.arkanimals.com/hectors-maui-dolphins-endangered/ • http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine- mammals/dolphins/mauis-dolphin/threats/threats-caused-by-people • http://www.kedgley.school.nz/Kedgley/animalsite/Conservation%20Fact%20Sheets/DOCS/1/hectorsdolphin.htm • http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/hectors-dolphin/facts/ • http://www.kcc.org.nz/hectors-dolphins • http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammals/dolphins/mauis-dolphin/facts/ • https://www.change.org/petitions/save-maui-s-dolphins-now • http://sealife-ocean-life.knoji.com/the-worlds-endangered-dolphin-species/ • mauidolphins.org

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