Pink
dolphin jumping out the water
(credit
to Ecuador & Galapagos Insiders 2019)
I
just knew there are pink dolphins when I watched the news about
burning of Amazon rain forest recently.
Yes,
pink dolphins are categorized as endangered species which live in the
main rivers of Amazon.
Forest
fires will have scary effect on many animal population there, both
land and river creatures.
The
rivers cover several following countries:
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Brazil
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Peru
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Bolivia
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Venezuela
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Guyana
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Colombia
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Ecuador
An Amazon
river pink dolphin (credit to Pinterest)
The population of pink dolphins in the world were estimated 9,000 only, and
killed around by 3,000 per year.
Population is mainly in the Amazon rivers. Hence, Amazon rain forest fires may
reduce population even further.
Previously,
the death of pink dolphins due to:
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poacher
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pollution
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river traffics that caused accidental dead.
Moreover,
we may ask a question: why do Amazon dolphins have a pink color? The
simple answer that their thin skin made blood vessels easily seen as
a pink color.
Interesting
facts about pink dolphins:
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while young, their color is gray
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they get their pink color as they grow older
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males are pinker than females
They
mainly eat fresh water fish which abundance in the rivers, they also
eat:
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turtles
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crabs
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shrimps
Have
you seen pink dolphins in nature or in the zoo?