The damming of the Colorado River in the United States has led to a decrease in freshwater input into the upper Gulf of California. The long-term impact on the Vaquita from this drastic habitat alteration is of serious concern, though not as much as gillnet fishing.
According to Smithsonian Handbooks’ guide, Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises by Mark Carwardine, the largest recorded group of Vaquita contained
A) 7 individuals.
B) 25 individuals.
C) 40 individuals.
D) 52 individuals.
A beautiful creature dived effortlessly. From great heights it just kept lowering more.
No one predicted quiet, rare, small cetaceans, until Vaquita were exposed yearz ago. 🙂
Congratulations to Catharine for correctly answering Quiz #1 first! Look out for another quiz soon!
The male and female Vaquita are exactly the same, except for
A) their eye- and mouth-patch color.
B) their vocalizations.
C) their size.
D) their speed.
*I have decided to try something new. Every now and then I will post a multiple choice question to test your Vaquita knowledge. 🙂 Try to answer it on your own, but please, if you have any problems, use this or any site on the blogroll. Google works too. When you think you have the right answer, leave a comment with that letter, and I will have a post congratulating the first person to correctly answer the question. The point of this is to have fun and get involved in Vaquita research. Good luck!
The Vaquita is a porpoise, therefore in the family Phocoenidae.
The Vaquita has a reason to fret:
When the Mexican sun begins to bake,
Fisherman fish, for their family’s sake.
Out, their nets (to catch fish and shrimp) are set.
When our friends get trapped, their matches they’ve met,
They can’t escape, it’s not a piece of cake.
The Vaquita then dies; its life God takes.
Again, Vaquita are conquered by net.
There is an answer. We don’t have to seek.
If we get the nets out of the water
Vaquita’ll thrive with our sons and daughters.
Their warbles will be as smooth as honey.
Our children’ll see the Vaquita, so meek,
But all we need is a lot more money.
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