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First dolphin research centre
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- India's and Asia's first National Dolphin Research Centre will come up on the bank of the Ganges in the premises of Patna University.
- The dolphin is a highly endangered species under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
- It was declared the National Aquatic Animal in 2009.
- The gangetic dolphin is one of the four freshwater dolphins’ species in the world.
- Other three species are said to be found in,
- Yangtze River,
- Indus River and
- Amazon River.
- The presence of dolphins in the Ganga gives a sign of a healthy ecosystem because dolphins live at least in 5 ft to 8 ft deep water.
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