DOES the Yangtze River still have baiji, the graceful, grey dolphin with tiny eyes and a long narrow beak?
那种长着小眼睛和尖长嘴、姿态优雅的灰色海豚白暨豚,在长江里还有吗?
Since November 6, a team of scientists from China, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and Japan have been searching for any sign of the freshwater dolphin on the middle and lower sections of the river. After six weeks, they came back empty-handed.
从11月6日起,由中、英、美、德、日人员组成的一只科考队开始在长江中下游搜寻这种淡水海豚的身影。六个星期过后,他们两手空空打道回府。
Wang Ding, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is the head of the team, said he has seen a sharp decline in the baiji population over the past few decades. However, he is still unwilling to call the species extinct, and adds, We will try every effort to save them as long as they are not found to be extinct.
中国科学院的王丁是这只科考队的队长,他说在过去几十年中他眼见着白暨豚数量急剧减少。但他仍不想就此认为白暨豚已经灭绝,并说:只要白暨豚没有灭绝,我们就会尽一切努力拯救它们。
The baiji is shy and nearly blind and is one of the worlds oldest dolphin species. It dates back some 20 million years and is found only in the Yangtze. Its listed as one of the 12 most endangered animal species in the world.
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