Technology May Save River Dolphins
February 11, 2007 @ 09:30 AM (EST)
Source: Iol.co.za
Japanese technology to track and monitor the behaviour of India's endangered Ganges River Dolphins using underwater acoustics will play a vital role in efforts to conserve the freshwater mammals, the WWF-India said.
The Gangetic cetaceans are one of only four species of dolphins in the world which inhabit rivers and lakes and are much less common than their marine counterparts, numbering only around 2 000 in India, according to the conservation group...
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