Brazil dolphin is first new river species since 1918

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25841135


The Araguaia river dolphin is the first new species described since 1918

Scientists in Brazil have discovered the first new river dolphin species since the end of World War One.

Named after the Araguaia river where it was found, the species is only the fifth known of its kind in the world.

Writing in the journal Plos One, the researchers say it separated from other South American river species more than two million years ago.

There are believed to be about 1,000 of the creatures living in the Araguaia river basin.

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1. Cool. Let's hope some new Koch Indstries strip mining company doesn't pollute them

into extinction.

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2. Good luck cutie!

Wonder if these guys can squeeze through the bottleneck that's coming?
One of the planet's fastest extinction events..
The first mass-extinction caused by a single species.. (GO TEAM! )

Good luck, little guys!!