CEDO's Rare Vaquita Video

Watch exclusive footage of a live vaquita calf. Vaquita are the most endangered marine mammmals in the world. On May 13, 1994, a live vaquita calf stranded itself on the beach east of CEDO's field station in Mexico. The calf came to shore that afternoon about six miles east of the mouth of Estero Morúa, near Puerto Peñasco, and later was placed in the hands of CEDO staff by visiting Arizonans, who were staying at a beach house near the estero. Eventually the vaquita calf made its way to CEDO and was placed in a large tank. Urgent calls to marine mammal experts were made, asking them what to do, and specifically what to feed it. No one had ever held a live vaquita in captivity before. Despite the efforts of all involved, the animal died after about two hours at CEDO. The prognosis was never good, as the calf was very young and the chances of survival for a porpoise that young separated from its mother are very low. This is the vaquita's story. For more information on vaquita and how you can help this endangered species, visit www.cedointercultural.org.

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• vaquita
• endangered
• endangered species
• species
• marine
• marine mammal
• CEDO
• Mexico
• Puerto Peñasco
• Rocky Point
• conservation
• Gulf of California

[BlackEyedDuck]

The coolest ever :,(

[1nerdykid]

Save the Vaquita! Save all marine life! We cannot blame anyone but ourselves the consumers. Eat less seafood or only Buy seafood with a MCS label. We are overexploiting our ocean's precious resources.sign the petition for marine reserves on the greenpeace website! Everyone can change the world ,including YOU! Thumbs up to keep this at the top

[SaveCetaceansNOW]

I can't express enough what as loss it will be if we lose these lovely creatures. I wish the Mexican government would do so much more to see the remaining few are protected in every way possible. We have allready lost the precious The Yangtze river dolphin let us please not lose the wonderful Vaquita as well. Great Job On The Video

[daaaaaaisyyy]

I wish people knew more about Vaquita's :\

[mojave19]

Thank you for uploading this video.

[gustavo5872]

mire señora del sedo komo sabe usted ke aii 150 ejemplares mire agarre uno y traigalo al muelle de puerto peñasco nosotros los pescadores no konosemos ese pescado ke parese delfin la vdd señora isla guadalipe donde disen ke la an bisto alla donde la pascan ustedes i la traen aka como la cawama ke la isieron desobar alla emfrente del sedo mire ke casualidad

[Drakulea]

@AnimalFactFinder The video DOES say this. :)

[chavasgap2]

nice

[AnimalFactFinder]

Interesting video, but not entirely accurate. The Mexican government has been working with the fishermen and is considering their needs. I hope we can save this amazing animal before it's too late.

[UnoQueLlegaYDice]

I would say vaquitas are porpoises rather than dolphins.

What makes me sad is how polute, fish and desecrate our world and the creatures who live with us. How many species will we take to extinction?