Today has been such a relaxed and easy going day. We were able to sleep in and I woke up to bacon!! Cooked of course... Best morning ever! After, we got ready to hear a lecture about marine mammals from a representative at CEDO. We discussed many things from the orders of all the different mammals to the endangerment of the native porpoise, the Vaquita. This specific species has a critical biological number of 100 which means if populations fall below this number it may not be brought back from extinction. The sad part is, today's population is estimated to have about 97 individuals left. Conservation efforts are trying to prevent extinction but it is very hard to cut off fishing networks, which is the main cause of their endangerment, since fishing is a huge part of this areas social and economic life. This made me very upset. Unfortunately, the environment that these porpoises live in so unique that they are unable to survive in captivity and they do not believe location is a testable theory at this time due to low numbers. The reproductive rates of these creatures are very slow as well which leads to less populations. Hopefully, relief efforts can be made quickly or this animal will be gone forever.
Chelsea
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