I too am amazed that this suspected extinction has gone by without barely a news story - late last week it got a 2 minute mention on the late night news in Australia - that was it. Does anyone know more about this? The news here mentioned that it was suspected extinct following an extensive 6 week search...prior to this was the species easily found? Or is it possible that there could still be a viable population, just that they weren't located in the 6 weeks?
Jo Dr. Joanne L. Isaac Post-Doctoral Research Associate Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change School of Marine and Tropical Biology James Cook University Townsville QLD Australia Tel:(+61) 07 47814439 Fax:(+61) 07 47251570 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature." Tom Robbins ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:57:32 -0500 >From: Malcolm McCallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: in Memorium yangtzee dolphin >To: [email protected] > >Good point,I am on the marine mammal listserv and never heard a thing >about it. > >On Thu, August 16, 2007 4:07 am, William Silvert wrote: >> I find it odd that with all the discussion of species loss on this list, >> no >> mention has appeared of a major extinction of a charismatic species, the >> Yangtzee river dolphin. The loss of a large mammal seems to have occurred >> with just a small ripple in the news, and seems much less noteworthy than >> the birth of a giant panda. >> >> Bill Silvert >> > > >Malcolm L. McCallum >Assistant Professor of Biology >Editor Herpetological Conservationa and Biology >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
