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    El Delfin Rosado

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    The pink dolphin, also known as the boto, is an emblematic freshwater dolphin species found in the Amazon River basin. It can grow up to 2.9 meters in length and weigh over 150 kg. Though gray at birth, its color lightens over time to the characteristic pink hue. The pink dolphin population has drastically declined in recent years due to habitat destruction, pollution, and other threats. With an estimated 2,500-5,000 remaining, it is now an endangered species and conservation efforts are needed to prevent its extinction.

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    El Delfin Rosado

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    The pink dolphin, also known as the boto, is an emblematic freshwater dolphin species found in the Amazon River basin. It can grow up to 2.9 meters in length and weigh over 150 kg. Though gray at birth, its color lightens over time to the characteristic pink hue. The pink dolphin population has drastically declined in recent years due to habitat destruction, pollution, and other threats. With an estimated 2,500-5,000 remaining, it is now an endangered species and conservation efforts are needed to prevent its extinction.

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    The pink dolphin, also known as the boto, is an emblematic freshwater dolphin species found in the Amazon River basin. It can grow up to 2.9 meters in length and weigh over 150 kg. Though gray at birth, its color lightens over time to the characteristic pink hue. The pink dolphin population has drastically declined in recent years due to habitat destruction, pollution, and other threats. With an estimated 2,500-5,000 remaining, it is now an endangered species and conservation efforts are needed to prevent its extinction.

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    El Delfin Rosado

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    Sebastián Guaylupo
    The pink dolphin, also known as the boto, is an emblematic freshwater dolphin species found in the Amazon River basin. It can grow up to 2.9 meters in length and weigh over 150 kg. Though gray at birth, its color lightens over time to the characteristic pink hue. The pink dolphin population has drastically declined in recent years due to habitat destruction, pollution, and other threats. With an estimated 2,500-5,000 remaining, it is now an endangered species and conservation efforts are needed to prevent its extinction.

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    EL DELFIN ROSADO

    The pink dolphin is one of the emblematic species of the Amazon. It is also called Boto

    or Bufeo and is the largest freshwater dolphin. It is known for being friendly and noble,

    in Amazonian tribes it is common to hear stories that these animals have saved people

    from drowning, taking them to the shore.

    Its scientific name is Inia geoffrensis and it belongs to the genus Inea, part of the

    Platanistoidea family. The pink dolphin is a cetacean that is not at all like the common

    sea dolphin, on the contrary, it has special characteristics to survive in its habitat.

    Characteristics of the Pink Dolphin

    In the case of males, they measure up to 2.5 meters in length, with an average weight

    of up to 184 kilograms. The weight and length of the female does not vary much in

    consideration of the male, its weight oscillates between 150 kilograms and can

    measure up to about 2.9 meters.

    Although it is called the pink dolphin of the Amazon, its color varies over time, at the

    moment of birth it has a gray color that with its longevity becomes lighter and changes

    until it becomes the characteristic pink color, the males being a little pinker. than the

    females.
    Location where the pink dolphin lives?

    The pink dolphin can be found in rivers, canals, rain-


    flooded forests and lakes in the eastern Amazon of
    Peru.

    They are found in the Amazon River basin and its tributaries,
    mainly in the middle and lower reaches of it.

    Currently, it is estimated that between 2,500 and 5,000 pink


    dolphins remain in the Amazon River Basin. This figure has
    drastically decreased in recent years due to the destruction
    of their habitats, the introduction of exotic species,
    overfishing, water poisoning, global warming, among other
    factors.
    Why is the pink dolphin on the list of endangered
    species?
    One of the main factors is excessive logging and
    fishing, since these actions modify their ecosystem
    and condition the source of their main food, fish.
    Another threatening factor is mining, oil extraction
    and natural gas, since these processes contaminate
    the waters of the river where the pink dolphin lives.
    The pink dolphins make up the largest population of
    river dolphins that exists because the other 4 species
    - in the Ganges (India), the Indo (Pakistan), the
    Yangtze (China) and in the Río de la Plata (between
    Argentina and Uruguay) - They are extinct or their
    survival is also in danger.
    The Accelerated destruction of the Amazon Basin
    has endangered them several times, in addition, the
    traffic of the river is another big problem, since being
    curious entities they approach the ships where they
    are affected by the propellers.
    On the other hand, the noise produced by motors,
    machines and acoustic contamination is unpleasant
    for the navigation systems of the pink dolphins,
    causing the death of many of them.

    HOW CAN WE HELP PREVENT THE EXTINCTION OF


    THE PINK DOLPHIN?
    Some things we can do to protect dolphins are:
    1. Avoid contaminating the marine ecosystem with garbage,
    plastics, chemical agents or other waste, as well as improperly
    placing fishing nets.
    2. For no reason buy or eat meat from these animals.
    3. Avoid contaminating the rivers where these animals live.
    4. Collaborate with entities or non-governmental organizations
    (NGO), which need donations and volunteers to carry out
    conservation and education brigades that allow the conservation of
    the pink dolphin.

    both now and in the past, the human being is the main cause of the
    loss of different species and it is time that we become aware of
    our actions, and try to change, since the earth is home to all

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