‘World’s Cutest Fish’ Headed for Extinction
One of the world’s smallest and rarest porpoises is about to disappear into extinction, according to critics, because of Chinese hunger for the swim bladder of a much larger fish, both as a delicacy and for use in Chinese medicine, although like many other ingredients of Chinese medicine there is no known scientific or therapeutic value.
In mid-March, co…
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