RIP Lipotes vexillifer

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~lpohara/Pol%20116/Images/dolphin.jpg

RIP buddy, I'm pouring a 40 for you and your awesomeness...just your binomial nomenclature alone makes me smile.

is that the last fresh-water dolphin? or are there others in a difft family?

x-post aw

That's really sad. Why was nothing done to preserve this species?

because it's China.

Yeah but there was no international agreement to just preserve a few in aquariums?

This is making me feel like crying. Fuck a civilization.

There's too much money to be made in China to worry about them destroying a few species here and there

Flagmaker?

flagbearer

vexillifex wd be flagmaker

Duh, you're right. My bad.

Still, Flagbearer?

There were efforts to preserve this species... why is everyone saying "they didn't try because they were China?" That's lame, ilx bros. You're ON the internet-- look it up first!

Still a fucking pity though... look at those guys. They are brill.

"thanks for all the fish"

"vexillifex" = authors of "Rumpshaker"

There were efforts to preserve this species... why is everyone saying "they didn't try because they were China?" That's lame, ilx bros. You're ON the internet-- look it up first!

I did. But I still wonder why (if the Chinese have been trying to save them since 1975) all conservation attempts seemed to have failed? Is it because they couldn't breed in captivity? While not wishing to take the easy route of blaming the Chinese for everything I think they do have to take some blame here, after all it's their river!

Maybe we should have a deadpool for the next species?
I call the Western Lowland Gorilla.

If you've been reading Mark Trail lately you'd think the mallard duck was the next to go.