Dolphins face growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior

Mongabay
Dec 2, 2020, 3:59 am146 pts
Amid the steaming swamps adjoining Borneo’s Mahakam River, a fisherman slows his boat to glide gently across the surface of Lake Melintang. He senses something amiss up ahead. A critically endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), locally known as pesut, slithers through the muddy…

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