[Video] The finless porpoise ＂Little Female＂ set a domestic record.
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CCTV.com News (news community): Go to Tongling Freshwater Dolphin National Nature Reserve to see a pair of finless porpoises. Two days ago, the little finless porpoise just had a full moon, and its mother "Little Female" also set a national record: it became the first Yangtze finless porpoise in China to grow and mature, naturally reproduce and breastfeed under the condition of artificial management and protection.
The finless porpoise "Little Female" was captured in Tongling section of the Yangtze River in February, 2003, when she was only 2 years old. After adaptive enclosure in the wild, she was put into semi-natural waters of Tongling Freshwater Dolphin National Nature Reserve for artificial breeding. On August 12th this year, "Little Female" naturally gave birth to a small finless porpoise, and since then, she has been caring for her "baby" inseparable. In order to prevent other finless porpoises from accidentally injuring the young porpoises, the "little female", who has always been quick and flexible when feeding fresh fish in the reserve, changed the past practice of competing with other finless porpoises for food, and only brought the young porpoises to eat after the other finless porpoises had eaten and left. In response to this change, the breeders in the reserve have extended the feeding time and specially equipped the "little female" with nutritional drugs to promote her postpartum recovery and breast-feeding the young dolphins. At present, the mother and son of the finless porpoise are in good health, and the length and weight of the finless porpoise have increased a lot.
Ping Jiang, director of the Natural Ecology Protection Department of Anhui Environmental Protection Bureau: The successful breeding of the finless porpoise shows that our nature reserve has basically understood and mastered the growth habits and breeding conditions of the finless porpoise in semi-natural waters.
Editor: Wang Yilin