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Chinese survey team looks for rare white-flag dolphins

(Xinhua)

08:47, November 13, 2012

WUHAN, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Scientists who are conducting a survey of endangered finless porpoises on the Yangtze River said Monday that they also hope to find white-flag dolphins, a native species that was declared extinct in 2007.

The survey team, who started its research on Sunday, reached a white-flag dolphin nature reserve in central China's Hubei Province on Monday.

"It is not impossible to find white-flag dolphins on the Yangtze River. It's one of the main goals of our survey," said Wang Ding, head of the survey team.

In 2006, a similar survey by Chinese and foreign scientists failed to find white-flag dolphins on the Yangtze River, China's longest.


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