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Baiji白鳍豚 Today we are going on a trip to know something about Baiji. SOME INFORMATION ABOUT BAIJI Weight: 500 pounds (220 kg) Baiji has many names in English Chinese river dolphin Yangtze River dolphin Whitefin dolphin Yangtze dolphin However, Baiji started to disappear since the 20th century The extinction of Baiji is caused by HUMAN BEINGS! Fishing Because of too much fishing, no more food is available for Baiji. And their environment is beingpolluted by the waste water frommedicine factory. To?protect?animals?is to?protect?ourselves! No wild life, no human beings! Thank you! * Lipotes vexilliferMiller, 1918 Binomial name L. vexillifer Species: LipotesMiller, 1918[3] Genus: LipotidaeZhou, Qian Li, 1978 Family: Platanistoidea Superfamily: Odontoceti Suborder: Cetacea Order: Eutheria Subclass: Mammalia Class: Chordata Phylum: Animalia Kingdom: Scientific classification Size compared to an average human An illustration of the baiji Length: 8 feet (2.5 m) Appearance:?pale blue to gray on their back and white on the under side Lifespan: about 25 years (based on an individual in captivity) Diet: large variety of freshwater fish species Behavior: very little is known about the behavior, but they depend largely on underwater sound for orientation, feeding, and communication and, just like most dolphin species, they produce clicks and whistles. Habitat: Yangtze River (Changjiang River) And it also has a beautiful nickname: Goddess of the Yangtze Because it was regarded as the goddess of protection by local fishermen and boatmen in China. In 2002, there was less than 50 of them. And the number was still decreasing! Now Baiji has not only been listed as a wild animal with national-level protection, but also became one of the worlds twelve most endangered animals! Even they have probabl