3 Rare Dolphins That Are on the Way to Extinction

For as long as I can remember I've always loved dolphins. Here are three endangered dolphins that need our utmost attention.

Sadly, as Hayden Pannetiere put in our collective attention late last year, thousands and thousands of the species are slaughtered for their meat or oil. The video spreading out last year wasn't pretty either. It was like watching a snuff film - where the blood of the victim was force-fed to the family. (That last scene, where the blood was dumped right back into the ocean?) As brutal as that was, it showed that, while the world may agree on a lot of things, endangering a whole species doesn't seem to be that big of an issue.

Human threats are the number one cause for the extinction of a species of dolphins. Several river dolphin species are now facing a horrible fate by being on the endangered species list. As of 2006, a survey was conducted and not one sample of the Yangtze River Dolphin could be obtained, leading protection groups to believe that the species is now extinct.

While changing now doesn't bring a whole species back, and I may be just another one of those voices protesting - the only way I could help, I guess, is by putting forth what we, as a species can look forward to help.

Irrawaddy Dolphin - While this dolphin doesn't look necessarily like the common types of dolphins we see on tv, mugs, rings, stuffed toys and pillows - it is part of the dolphin family, and is still worth Save. E 'is easily recognizable for their turn, rather than the elongated head. Its dorsal fin is shorter than average and has a triangular shape. It reaches a length of 2.3 me weighs about 280 pounds maturity. As a little 'fun trivia, while the 1970 Burmese fishermen used to call dolphins to the sides of their boats to float on the dolphin to bite around him. This attracts the fish, and if the fishermen were fishing in a network to share their catch withthe dolphin.

Australian Snubfin Dolphin - This looks a bit like the Irrwaddy Dolphin, and for good reason - the two are related. Both are river dolphins and are most commonly found around the coast of Australia. The first clue to their difference is the color - while the Irrawaddy Dolphin comes in an almost uniformly-grey-to-white belly color, the Australian Snubfin comes in a copper-ish-top-to-light-brown-sides-to-a-full-white belly. The resemblance may be one of the core Reasons for the dolphin as a new discovery of "new" - described scientifically only in 2005.

Bolivian River Dolphin - Once again, this is another new new "discovery." He acknowledged river dolphin as a separate species of dolphins, the most widely known as Amazon. The Bolivian species have a smaller size, a lighter gray color and has more teeth. Unlike most dolphins, have a flexible neck that can turn your head fromSide to side, useful for weaving between the branches of flooded forests during the rainy season.

We hope that these types of dolphins to get your attention, and you can use the word spread along the beautiful defenseless creatures.