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DID YOU KNOW
MY FAMILYCHARACTERISTICS
VIDEO
I can only live in freshwater and inhabit the river systems of Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. I share my habitat with crocodiles, freshwater turtles and wetland birds.wwf.org.uk/wildlife/river_dolphin/
GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN
As a calf, I am dependent on my mother until the age of one. I can be found in groups of other Ganges river dolphins, known as ‘pods’, the average size of which is two individuals.
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Hi, I am the Ganges river dolphin. I live in one of the most populated regions in the world - and I am considered as a reliable indicator of the health of the entire river ecosystem.
Read on to discover more interesting facts about me.
• Ihaveastockybodywithalongbeakthatthickensat the tip.
• Myskinislightgrey-brownanditbecomespaleronmy body.
• Ihavelargeflippersthathelpmeswimtoo.
• Iweighupto85kg.
• IhaveaveryflexibleneckwhichIcanbendataright angle to my body, allowing me to dig in the mud for prey, whilst swimming along.
WEAR IT WILD
Watch footage of me:
WhereI live
Being a mammal, I can’t breathe in the water and must surface every 30-120
seconds for air.
Nepal
Bangladesh
India
© François X
avier Pelletier / W
WF
EXTINCT IN THE WILD
EW
VULNERABLE
VU
DATADEFICIENT
DD
NOT EVALUATED
NE
EXTINCT
EX
LEAST CONCERN
LC
NEARTHREATENED
NT
ENDANGERED
EN
CRITICALLYENDANGERED
CR
EXTINCT IN THE WILD
EW
ENDANGERED
EN
VULNERABLE
VU
DATADEFICIENT
DD
NOT EVALUATED
NE
EXTINCT
EX
LEAST CONCERN
LC
CRITICALLYENDANGERED
CR
NEARTHREATENED
NT
EXTINCT IN THE WILD
EW
ENDANGERED
EN
DATADEFICIENT
DD
NOT EVALUATED
NE
EXTINCT
EX
LEAST CONCERN
LC
NEARTHREATENED
NT
CRITICALLYENDANGERED
CR
VULNERABLE
VU
EXTINCT IN THE WILD
EW
ENDANGERED
EN
VULNERABLE
VU
DATADEFICIENT
DD
NOT EVALUATED
NE
EXTINCT
EX
LEAST CONCERN
LC
NEARTHREATENED
NT
CRITICALLYENDANGERED
CR
EXTINCT IN THE WILD
EW
ENDANGERED
EN
VULNERABLE
VU
DATADEFICIENT
DD
NOT EVALUATED
NE
EXTINCT
EX
CRITICALLYENDANGERED
CR
LEASTCONCERN
LC
NEARTHREATENED
NT
IamclassifiedasEndangered by the IUCN Red List.
STATUSItisestimatedthatthetotalpopulationformyspeciesis1,200–1,800individuals.
Pollution is also a problem to my species, in particular chemical pollution that makes the freshwater I live in polluted.
wwf.org.uk/wildlife/river_dolphin/
Mysurvivalisthreatenedbytheconstructionofdamsandwaterdevelopmentprojects that isolate me from other river dolphins and limit my access to prey.
Iliketoliveinareasoftheriverwherefishareplentifulandthewatercurrentisslower.Forthesamereasonhumansalsoliketofishinthese areas and sometimes I get caught accidentally in their fishingnets.
DID YOU KNOWFEEDING
CLASSIFICATION
• Mydietincludesavarietyoffishandinvertebratessuchasprawns,clamsandcarp.
• Inormallychasefishthatcanbefoundnearthesurfaceoftheriver,orfeedonthose that are beneath the mud with the help of my long snout.
I am essentially blind – I hunt by sending out ultrasonic sounds, which bounce off of fish and other prey,
enabling me to ‘see’ an image in my mind.
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