Endangered Vaquita
Vaquita
In my bibliography paper i am going to talk to you about the critically endangered Vaquita. I will tell you there habitat, food, amount of reproduction, conservation activities, physical description, man's impact on the vaquita, and how many are left.
¨The vaquita lives in the River Delta Biosphere Reserve in California.¨ The vaquita likes to stay close to shore so they can get fresh water from the little rivers that dump into the sea. Vaquitaś like to live in tropical upwelling habitatś. There habitats mainly consist of the northern part of the Gulf of California. They are found up close to the shore in shallow water.¨ A sighting at 300 feet is considered close.¨ ¨They live in the shallow water.¨ ¨The only porpoise species found in …show more content…
Prefer to travel in groups of 1 or 2. They sometimes travel 2 to 4 groups to. ¨There are several countryś trying to save the vaquita.¨ The U.S. invested $30 million to make fishers change their methods of fishing. People say we should ban all gill net fishing or enforce sea and land patrol. ¨They are in the same family as the whale and dolphin.¨ ¨ They use sonar to communicate and navigate.¨ ¨ They are very shy creatures.¨ ¨There name means little cow in spanish.¨ ¨They quickly swim away when a boat approaches.¨ ¨ Vaquitaś have a large dark ring around their eye.¨ They have dark patches on its lips that form a thin line to the pectoral fin. They can grow in length to be 5 feet long and weigh up to 120 lbs. The scientific name for a Vaquita is ¨Phocoena Sinus¨. ¨The world's most rare marine animal.¨ ¨They are dark gray.¨ Vaquita is the smallest living cetacean.¨ ¨The vaquita is a very small porpoise.¨ They are quick swimmers. ¨ They have to surface to breathe.¨ Females are bigger than males. Family name
In my bibliography paper i am going to talk to you about the critically endangered Vaquita. I will tell you there habitat, food, amount of reproduction, conservation activities, physical description, man's impact on the vaquita, and how many are left.
¨The vaquita lives in the River Delta Biosphere Reserve in California.¨ The vaquita likes to stay close to shore so they can get fresh water from the little rivers that dump into the sea. Vaquitaś like to live in tropical upwelling habitatś. There habitats mainly consist of the northern part of the Gulf of California. They are found up close to the shore in shallow water.¨ A sighting at 300 feet is considered close.¨ ¨They live in the shallow water.¨ ¨The only porpoise species found in …show more content…
Prefer to travel in groups of 1 or 2. They sometimes travel 2 to 4 groups to. ¨There are several countryś trying to save the vaquita.¨ The U.S. invested $30 million to make fishers change their methods of fishing. People say we should ban all gill net fishing or enforce sea and land patrol. ¨They are in the same family as the whale and dolphin.¨ ¨ They use sonar to communicate and navigate.¨ ¨ They are very shy creatures.¨ ¨There name means little cow in spanish.¨ ¨They quickly swim away when a boat approaches.¨ ¨ Vaquitaś have a large dark ring around their eye.¨ They have dark patches on its lips that form a thin line to the pectoral fin. They can grow in length to be 5 feet long and weigh up to 120 lbs. The scientific name for a Vaquita is ¨Phocoena Sinus¨. ¨The world's most rare marine animal.¨ ¨They are dark gray.¨ Vaquita is the smallest living cetacean.¨ ¨The vaquita is a very small porpoise.¨ They are quick swimmers. ¨ They have to surface to breathe.¨ Females are bigger than males. Family name