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Indus River Dolphin

Lauren O'Neill and Maya Messick

Basic Information

Common name: Indus River Dolphin

Scientific name: Platanista Minor

Location: Pakistan, Asia

Habitat: Riverine of Indus River

Basic Information

Basic Information Continued...

-1,100 animals left.

-The dolphins eat mostly crustaceans and fish.

-Predators are construction, pollution, and poaching. (No animal predators.)

-Able to have babies when they are ten, ten month pregnancy, babies are born from usually December to January or March to May.

10 Fun facts

Facts!

-It is blind and so hearing is essential to life for Indus River Dolphins

- Have had complete legal protection for over 30 years

-Although most Muslims shun dolphin hunting, Hindus use dolphin products regularly.

-In 2001, the animal touched the brink of total extinction with less than 1,000 left.

-They use echolocation to communicate and hunt.

- They can hunt in water as shallow as one foot!

- Have broad flippers for tight turns.

- The dolphins swim nearly constantly.

- They indicate the health of parts of the river.

- Most dolphins live between two manmade dams that trapped them there in the 1930s.

Echolocation

Echolocation is when an animal (usually a dolphin) makes clicking noises that travels through the water around them. It bounces off of their surroundings and the animal is then able to understand where to go. This is especially essential for Indus River Dolphins because they are blind.

Echolocation

Facts!

10 more fun facts

-Length of 83-102 in.

-Weight of 190 lbs.

-Skin color of a light grayish brown.

-Swims on its right side.

-Lives up to 28 years.

-Jaws have many small teeth.

-No dorsal fin, but a fibrous dorsal ridge.

-Water temperature is 8-30 degrees celsius.

-Eats up to 100-300 lbs of fish a day.

-Swims an 80 mile stretch of the Indus River.

Jaws

Indus river dolphins have many long sharp teeth for hunting. This image shows it's skull.

Why are they endangered?

Why are they endangered?

The Indus River Dolphin is seriously endangered. In the 1930s, two large dams were built, which confined most of the population to the space between the two dams. Pollution has also played a major part in the Indus River Dolphin's near extinction. Pakistani citizens use the river to wash dirty clothes and dishes. The bacteria can kill the dolphins. Despite the fact that the Indus River Dolphin has had complete legal protection for over thirty years, poaching is still common. In 2001 there was a serious crisis when the Indus River Dolphin nearly went completly extinct.

What can we do about it?

What can we do about it?

Together we can work with each other to SAVE THE INDUS RIVER DOLPHINS. We can firstly, organize captive breeding programs as to repopulate the earth. We can also make Indus River Dolphin reserves and study the reproductive requirments so that we can do the breeding programs.

This video shows the rescue and release of two Indus River Dolphins in Pakistan. The WWF (world wildlife fund) can be thanked for saving these two animals.

https://youtu.be/HRvucRoAWqE

Indus River Dolphins are not the only animals endangered by pollution. You can help save other animals by not littering and trying to drive less.

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