the animals you are viewing in these images are known as the vaquita and a totoaba. these poor creatures, are both close to extinction due to the same reason: fishing. in the gulf of California, people are fishing for totoabas because their swim bladders are worth a ton of money. but, obviously, this is killing off totoabas, as well as vaquitas, who get caught in the same nets meant to catch totoabas. I haven’t done much research in the totoabas yet, but there are less than thirty vaquitas alive. Mexico is going to go through with a plan to save them, though, which is good. but however, the plan won’t begin until October, which is worrisome because it doesn’t exactly seem likely that the vaquitas will live out that long, but I hope to god they can. I don’t know what we can do, but if you know you can do something to help, please go forth with it. whether it’s going out and actually protecting both species or just spreading the word, do something! I don’t know if it’s illegal to hunt for totoabas, but if it isn’t, and you live in that area, please, if you can, do something to help make it illegal. please, spread the word, guys!
