20 million year-old species- likely extinct now


	20 million year-old species- likely extinct now

hudgal1

8-8-2007 5:52 PM

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endangered, extinct, dolphin

hudgal1 says:

It really makes me sad to see all the damage we're doing to our environment.

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8-8-2007 6:53 PM

righthand

and man again is the culprit.

8-11-2007 9:44 AM

sodrio

in the search for extraterrestrial life we forget about the terrestrial life near us and this one exists, the other one is just a theory

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				  <IMG width="245" vspace="2" hspace="10" height="158" title="A baiji dolphin" alt="A baiji dolphin. Chinas rapid industrialisation has likely made the baiji extinct -- a species of fresh water dolphin that had been on Earth for over 20 million years.  " class="imglft" src="http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/SGE.JBW21.080807092559.photo00.quicklook.default-245x158.jpg" />
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China's rapid industrialisation has likely made extinct a species of fresh water dolphin that had been on Earth for over 20 million years, a marine biologist said Wednesday.
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