Endangered Species Report

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By: Anonymous Turtle
Maui's dolphin is famous for quite a few things being the smallest, rarest, and one of the most endangered dolphins in the world. It's marked critically endangered by IUCN, which is, unfortunately, right next to extinct in the wild. Even then, it doesn't get much better. Thanks to fishing with nets and more ocean pollution, this species is probably not going to live to see the day we find some miracle to stop this....

In fact, most of these are just because of everyday life. The fishing industry in New Zealand(where Maui's Dolphin is found) is quite large, considering the country is in a place seemingly named after oceans(Oceania). Since there are so many fishermen there, there's a greater chance they will use those cursed fish-deteriorating nets.We can't even do much to help- other than banning fishing in the entire area of Maui's dolphins, and that would be like launching a 140,000-kilogram rocket straight into a piece of the economy in New Zealand. Maybe not that much, but it would still leave a lasting effect on every fisherman in the area. They would lose the money they gained, and then they would have to either find a new job, move(costing even more money), or become poor. It seems there's little we can do to help this dolphin without hurting ourselves.

It doesn't even end here. It's near impossible to name all the dangerous chemicals that have found their way into the water, like chlorine and agricultural runoff. Although the dolphin might not absorb them right away, the amount of chemicals inside their bodies will increase as they eat fish that have eaten the chemicals. There is also the fact many plastic grocery bags somehow end up into the water, where they impersonate squid and jellyfish and attract dolphins to choke. Other sea creatures are affected by this too, making for a poisoned ecosystem. I wonder if people think that if their plastic grocery bags are not in the water directly on the beach, they will never go into the ocean.

As a result, there are little to no things we can do to save this species. However, there still is hope. Try spreading the word about these fascinating creatures. Tell your parents to try and only buy seafood that you know wasn't caught with deadly nets(look for labels you know mean they support the environment). With effort, there might be a chance for these dolphins.

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Cetacea
Suborder:Odontoceti
Family:Delphinidae
Genus:Cephalorhynchus
Species:C. hectori
Subspecies:C. h. maui

Scientific Name: Cephalorhynchus hectori maui
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