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December 13, 2006

Yangtze dolphin likely extinct

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A six-week search of the Yangtze for the white rivers dolphins known as Baiji has turned up no sightings. It is said to be the first large aquatic mammal driven to extinction in half a century. The last confirmed Baiji sighting was in 1997.


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