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The Vaquitas (spanish for Little Cow) are a tiny, shy, and hard to find mammal. They are found only on the Northern Gulf of California. They are a rare species of porpoise. There are only about 10 Vaquitas left in the world.

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Vaquitas eat a variety of small fish, squid, and crustaceans. That includes crabs, lobster, barnacles, shrimp, krill, etc.

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Vaquitas are being indirectly threatened because of illegal fishing for another endangered fish called the Totoaba. Totoaba's are being illegally hunted for their swim bladder. In China, it is used in soup as a delicacy and are thought to be valued as a medicine. When Totoabas are being hunted, people are using a type of fishing net called Gillnets which are accidentally catching the Vaqutias and drowning them because they can't come up for air.

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Vaquitas are both predator and prey. They are preyed upon by members of the shark family. Vaquitas are the predator to members of the crustaceans family, squid, and small fish. Without the Vaquitas in this world, it would throw off the number of squid, small fish, and crustaceans in the Northern Gulf of California. The extinction of Vaquitas would also throw off the number of sharks that prey on the Vaquitas.

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Ever since I was little, I have always loved the ocean and everything in it. I have a passion for learning about the animals. I discovered the species by watching an educational show called Sea Rescue. This show explains how they find a sea animal, nurse it back to health, and then release it back into the wild. One day, I was watching Sea Rescue and it showed the people rescuing a Vaquita. It was one of the cutest animals I have ever seen, so I decided to watch it. The people on Sea Rescue talked about how endangered they are and what is causing them to become extinct. I was so mad when I realized that there were only about 10 of these harmless animals left in this world. Once I realized that I could do my project about an endangered animal, this was the first animal that came to my mind. I would like people to know that these animals are worth saving so we wouldn't have to lose another animal species.

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I feel like we can help the Vaquitas by educating people about these animals and try to reduce the number of people who us Gillnets in the world. We can also help the Vaquitas by having the fisherman that us Gillnets move farther South. Out of range of where the Vaquitas live.

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https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/vaquita

https://wildfor.life/species/vaquita#:~:text=Vaquitas%20exist%20as%20both%20predator,keep%20those%20populations%20in%20check.

http://www.oers.ca/journal/volume8/issue1/letterEditor.pdf

https://www.mmc.gov/priority-topics/species-of-concern/vaquita/