CC115+Irrawaddy+Dolphins


 * Caroline Casella **
 * Irrawaddy Dolphin **


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 Irrawaddy Dolphins live in small isolated populations around the coast of Southeast Asia and are close to extinction. Their main threats are getting caught by local fisheries and habitat loss. They usually are found in mangrove areas and there are only 17 in the country Philippines.Salty blue to salty gray throughout and their head through body length is 10-275 cm. They have a bulging forehead with a short beak.The dolphin breathes at intervals of <range type="comment" id="481106174_1">40-50 </range id="481106174_1">and <range type="comment" id="481106174_2">20-25 </range id="481106174_2">teeth on each side of each jaw usually.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Also, there pectoral fin is broadly triangular and there tail is rarely seen. With a small dorsal fin and no more than<range type="comment" id="480888786_2"> 20 in a group</range id="480888786_2">, they are no ordinary dolphin. Irrawaddy dolphins eat fish and crustaceans. They are distributed in shallow, near-shore tropical and subtropical marine waters and primarily found in semi-enclosed water bodies such as bays and sounds close to mangrove forests. Also, they are not exploited and in danger of fisheries, and habitat degradation.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">The Irrawaddy range extends from the Bay of Bengal to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Irrawaddy dolphins communicate with clicks, creaks, and buzzes. Anther unique property is that they fish cooperatively <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">with humans. They are disappearing at a rapid rate. Surprisingly, researchers found nearly <range type="comment" id="481106174_5">2,000</range id="481106174_5"> Irrawaddy dolphins swimming in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh. The Irrawaddy dolphin is closely related to the orca, also known as the killer whale and the gestation period for this dolphin is <range type="comment" id="481106174_7">10</range id="481106174_7"> months.The Irrawaddy dolphin is the only dolphin that spits water during feeding and socializing. Bangladesh revealed accidental killing in a drifting gillnet fishery for the dolphins. They have no beak and an<range type="comment" id="481106174_6"> inflexible</range id="481106174_6"> neck, with visible creases behind the head. They breed between April and June in the Mahakam River. This dolphin species is known to carry out daily migrations and then returning to the same lake in the evening.


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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They're scientific name is the Orcaella brevirostris [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/aLdQ4rXjo6_oJRF9NKwK3lLy3rFLZt1keNDcW05pB0LviNDWu7PnoIGgE6YeMZBWRSJC1Mx5rZimzi0x_Wih8ZNBIvp1_PU2-t0xb0rrdtT6PKUPn1AIXepGpQ width="220" height="156" align="right"]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Irrawaddy dolphin is very <range type="comment" id="481106174_4">different</range id="481106174_4"> in body form to the beluga whale.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Length at birth is <range type="comment" id="480894510_2">9.6 cm</range id="480894510_2"> for the Irrawaddy Dolphin.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><range type="comment" id="480894510_1">Weight at birth is 1.23 kg for the Irrawaddy Dolphin</range id="480894510_1">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They are less active than many other dolphins.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also known to spit water to herd fish.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irrawaddy dolphins play with fish before casting them aside.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Is WWF helping the need for fish decrease. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a)True b)False <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. The local people do not like the dolphins. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a)True b)False 3.The education and the improvement of the economy is because of the dolphins. a)True b)False 4.There are less than a 100 in the Mekong River. a)True b)False 5. On August 24, 2012 the Cambodian government decreed that gill nets in certain areas where Irrawaddy dolphins are present. a)True b)False