Petition: Save the vaquita from extinction!
Friend,
The smallest porpoise in the ocean is facing the biggest chance of extinction. With fewer than 100 remaining, the vaquita, a tiny porpoise found only off the coast of Mexico, is the most endangered marine mammal in the world.
The few remaining vaquitas need your help, now!
Sign the Petition: Save the vaquita from extinction!
secure.oceanconservancy.org/si…
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View an online version here:
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Sent: August 23, 2014 at 02:00 Uhr PM
From: “George Leonard, Ocean Conservancy” webmaster@oceanconservancy.org
To: heike-ingeborg.karwatzki@gmx.d…
Subject: Petition: Save the Vaquita
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Martina Patterson (Aug 23, 2014 at 05:13 PM
pattersonmatpatt@gmx.de
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Whale vaginas are amazing
By Cory Doctorow
Mammal penises, including those of cetaceans, are pretty easy to find, while vaginas are more difficult to examine; historically, accounts of animal reproduction have emphasized the features of penises and theories of sperm competition, but a burgeoning scientific emphasis on whale vaginas is revealing structures and strategies that are amazing and wonderful …
Boing Boing – 9:00 am Sat, Aug 23, 2014
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Chinese Officials Hand Over 200 Black Pond Turtles to Pakistani Delegation
By Annika Linser
At a ceremony organized at the Pakistan-China border at the Khunjerab Pass, Chinese officials handed over 200 black pond turtles to a Pakistani delegation having Sindh wildlife department and officials from World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P).
The turtles were smuggled from Sindh to China. But now the turtles are with the Indus Dolphin Centre in Sukkur …
Austrian Tribune – 08/23/2014; 08:30 AM
austriantribune.com/informatio…
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