The Vaquita is on the verge of extinction!
The World’s smallest porpoise in the cetacean family of marine mammals!
Scientific research of the Nereus Program reports that the Vaquita porpoise, the rarest, marine mammal is impending extinction!
The Phocoena Sinus, a graceful porpoise species, is endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California & Mexico, where they inhabit the shallow water of lagoons.
They discovered the little mammal in 1958.
Porpoises are aquatic marine mammals, similar in appearance to a dolphin with a length of about 4 feet 7 inches with a weight up to 120lbs.
The species may not exist in the next 2000 years! Research scientists reveal that their numbers have dwindled significantly!
The 2021 count found only ten porpoises left in the wild, but there is still hope for elusive mammals.
Why?
They catch & drown the Vaquita in gill nets by illegal fishing, pesticide use, irrigation, inbreeding & predators such as whales & sharks.
These threats bring the Vaquita to the brink of extinction!
