The Vaquita, a small porpoise native to the Gulf of California, has been relentlessly pushed to the brink of extinction primarily due to entanglement in gillnets used to illegally catch totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is highly valued in stupid Chinese medicine.

It is believed there are less than 10 of these creatures left alive

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Remarkable Creature: The Vaquita

The vaquita is a critically endangered porpoise found in the Gulf of California in Baja California, Mexico. Similar to dolphins, porpoises are closely related to narwhals and belugas.

^{Razvan Dominic Ionescu (One Beautiful Planet)}