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"Dolphins have been spotted frolicking in New York City’s Bronx River, an
encouraging sign of the improving health of a waterway that was for many years
befouled as a sewer for industrial waste.
A pair of dolphins was seen gliding through the river’s waters on Monday, the
New York City parks department confirmed, near a small park in the city’s Bronx
borough. The Bronx river rises north of New York City and cuts through the
Bronx before terminating in the East River, the estuary that separates the
Bronx and Manhattan from the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn.
“It’s true – dolphins were spotted in the Bronx River this week!,” the parks
department gleefully tweeted. “This is great news – it shows that the
decades-long effort to restore the river as a healthy habitat is working. We
believe these dolphins naturally found their way to the river in search of
fish.”
Dolphins have not been seen in the river for several years, but there has been
an increase in sightings of the marine mammals in the waters around New York as
the industrial pollution that blighted the region has eased.
Scientists previously set up underwater microphones at aquatic locations around
New York to listen for the distinctive clicking noises emitted by bottlenose
dolphins and found that they are particularly active in the harbor that
separates New York and New Jersey. A pair of dolphins were seen in the waters
off Brooklyn last year, surprising onlookers."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
