How to Use river dolphin in a Sentence

river dolphin

noun

• The drought is also the likely cause of dozens of river dolphin deaths in Tefe Lake, near the Amazon River.
  — Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
• When waters are low, river dolphins stick to the main rivers and only move when fish flow through the floodplains.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• One of them, the rare Indus river dolphin, has seen its numbers grow tenfold over the past half-century.
  — National Geographic, 25 June 2020
• Amazon river dolphins, also known as pink river dolphins, can grow up to nine feet long and weigh more than 350 pounds, per the World Wildlife Fund.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The Gangetic river dolphins are effectively blind, and see with sound.
  — Shreya Dasgupta, Quartz India, 21 Nov. 2019
• As the nation has modernized, the threats confronting the river dolphins have multiplied.
  — Doug Clark, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2017
• The sounds of the Chinese river dolphin, the dusty seaside sparrow, the golden toad, and untold numbers of other animals have left the planet.
  — Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2012
• Ecotourism Stars Less famous than their ocean-dwelling cousins, river dolphins are among the most endangered creatures on Earth.
  — Stefan Lovgren, National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2019
• For 10 days, the people of Tefé have awakened to a terrible sight: the carcasses of pink river dolphins floating in Lake Tefé, food for circling buzzards.
  — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• During an expedition in the Sundarbans, Deen sees river dolphins washing up dead on the shore.
  — Abhrajyoti Chakraborty, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2019
• This May, the team of astronomers and ecologists will look for orangutans in Malaysia and spider monkeys in Mexico before heading to Brazil to search for river dolphins.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 6 Apr. 2018
• The baiji, a Chinese river dolphin, is likely the first dolphin species driven to extinction by humans, and the Chinese paddlefish, which can grow 20 feet long, has not been seen in over a decade.
  — Stefan Lovgren, National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019
• Scientists are trying to learn more about the diverse and unique environment, where jaguars and margays roam the savannah and jungles, and river dolphins swim in the Guayabero River.
  — Murray Carpenter, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
• The verdict is in regarding the recent extinction of a Chinese river dolphin: humans, not a glitch in the animal's genes, were responsible.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2013
• Female koalas sometimes mount other females, while male Amazon river dolphins have been known to penetrate each other’s blowholes.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 June 2023
• Each year dozens of new species are discovered hiding within their collections, from extinct river dolphins to new dinosaurs to sacred crocodiles.
  — Jack Ashby, Smithsonian, 20 Dec. 2017
• At least 125 river dolphins have died in a Brazilian lake in recent weeks, likely due to a combination of drought and unusually high water temperatures.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The study noted that it has previously been observed in a number of marine mammals, including walruses, Amazon river dolphins and gray seals.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
• The baiji started separating in its evolution from other river dolphins about 20 million years ago.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2023
• Small cetaceans such as the vaquita and various river dolphins successfully lived alongside human fishers for thousands of years in coastal waters, estuaries, and rivers.
  — Virginia Morell, Science | AAAS, 11 Dec. 2019
• Among wildlife likely to be encountered during the seven days on the boat are pink and gray river dolphins; parrots, tiger herons, laughing falcons and other interesting birds; squirrel monkeys and capuchin monkeys; sloths; and poison dart frogs.
  — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• Like agriculture, echolocation, and the river dolphin, the practice that would become effective altruism emerged independently in different places at around the same time.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
• Pink river dolphins, which some Indigenous communities consider sacred, are emblems and mascots of the region.
  — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• While Amazon river dolphins, which are native to South America, are naturally pink in color, these two marine mammals were likely bottlenose dolphins with albinism.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2023
• Currently, all river dolphin species are threatened with extinction due to commercial fisheries, dam destruction and river changes due to pressures from agricultural and cattle farms.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• Their list mainly included fish, but also mammals like beavers, river dolphins and hippopotami, as well as coldblooded creatures like crocodiles, giant salamanders and alligator snapping turtles.
  — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2020
• Entries also captured moments between humans and animals, including an image of a Colombian biologist soothing an Amazon river dolphin and baby orangutans playing with a caretaker.
  — NBC News, 1 Dec. 2021
• But pink river dolphin populations are vulnerable due to factors including mercury pollution and river and lake contamination.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
• Conservation champion for Bolivia’s only river dolphin.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024