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only one Chance 　　Some seven kilometers from the Wuhanbased Institute of Hydrobiology （IHB）， Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）， the dolphinarium built to house captive Yangtze River dolphins still remains. However， 11 years have gone by since Qi Qi， the world’s only captive Yangtze River dolphin （Lipotes vexillifer）， known as the baiji in China， died on July 14， 2002. Since Qi Qi’s death， no living specimens of this unique species remained in captivity， nor have any verified sighting be made in the wild. 　　“The Yangtze River dolphin was declared functionally extinct by scientists in 2006，” s