Our Video About The Ocraella Brevirostris/ Irrawaddy Dolphin
This dolphin is found in the coastal areas in the South and Southeast part of Asia. Recently there numbers have went down drastically do to the cases of fishermen using dangerous methods for there fishing. Some methods one being gill nets were the animal can get trapped or die either because of bleeding or drowning. Then there’s also dynamite explosions when fishers use such methods and you know just by hearing it what happens. There is also electric fishing were the dolphin would get electrocuted. You get the point it’s really bad and just heartbreaking. These poor dolphins and animals. All they were doing was swimming in the waters and living there own lives but then in a second their life was just taken away from them. And for sometimes no reason as well. A life just thrown away like that. How would you feel when that happens to you or a loved one?
Now let's think about this, freshwater dolphins… Isn’t that amazing. Wouldn’t you want to see them in the future? The Irrawaddy dolphin is super unique because of their appearance they not have that usual beak instead they have a cute little rounded forehead. I would say that makes it very different from the other dolphins don’t you think. Not only are they important to their ecosystem but they’re also adorable as well.
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How We Can Help: We can help by donating to programs that help with regulating the amount of fishing that is going on in the areas with these dolphins. They are also effected by pollution limit the amount of plastic that you use and throw away trash in the trash and recycle any plastic instead of just throwing it somewhere.