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‘World’s Cutest Fish’ Headed for Extinction

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Apr 03, 2018
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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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