{"id":87267,"date":"2020-06-03T19:50:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15766"},"modified":"2020-06-03T19:50:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:20:32","slug":"indias-first-dolphin-observatory-coming-up-in-bihar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-dolphin-observatory-coming-up-in-bihar\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first dolphin observatory coming up in Bihar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Bihar government is setting up India\u2019s first Dolphin observatory in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary(VGDS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/3pGXX4KHcfRDtbyvCbAxtBxGQ57WU3fIAcy8PYQe9uuMw05xerdCE4jI4nlK3m-30Q6uYR49AK2ThEqh5M1vUX61RnvlHrgR-KlEmcAX3rEU9exnWkVSOf3baW0YHRRk7NGUg8Ax\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Gangetic river dolphin:<\/strong> It is India&#8217;s national aquatic animal found in parts of the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra river systems in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.<\/li><li>They are locally known as Susu which refers to the noise the dolphin is said to make when it breathes.<\/li><li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>They can be an indicator of the health of the freshwater ecosystem as they can only live in freshwater.<\/li><li><strong>IUCN Red List: <\/strong>Endangered<\/li><li><strong>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972<\/strong>: Schedule I<\/li><li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: Appendix I<\/li><li><strong>Threats: <\/strong>Declining water level, Climate Change, Poaching and increase in pollution level.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary(VGDS):<\/strong> It is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar.It was designated as a protected area for the Gangetic dolphins in 1991.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Bihar government is setting up India\u2019s first Dolphin observatory in the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary(VGDS). Facts: Gangetic river dolphin: It is India&#8217;s national aquatic animal found in parts of the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra river systems in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. They are locally known as Susu which refers to the noise the dolphin&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-first-dolphin-observatory-coming-up-in-bihar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s first dolphin observatory coming up in Bihar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182,2122],"tags":[4722],"class_list":["post-87267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-miscellaneous","tag-gangetic-river-dolphin","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}