CSP was in conversation with conservationist Dr Samir Kumar Sinha from the Wildlife Trust of India WTI. The National Aquatic Animal also represents the purity of the sacred Ganges as it is found to survive only in pure and fresh water.
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192021 Like the tiger is our national animal and the peacock is our national bird the Gangetic river dolphin is our national aquatic animal.
Dolphin indian national aquatic animal. The freshwater dolphins found in the Ganga are a rare species. The Ganges River fish was notified to the Ministry of Environment and Forests on 18th May 2010 as the National Aquatic Animal. This decision was taken in the first meetin.
It is fitting that India does not just have a national animal the peafowl but also a national aquatic animal because India is a country not just of plains rivers and jungles but also of aquatic areas. Gangetic dolphins are the official animal of the city of Guwahati in Assam India. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had decided to declare the Ganges dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica as national aquatic animal was most welcome to cetacean specialists and enthusiasts and environ-.
It is one of the intermittent dolphin species whose presence is mainly in the Indian subcontinent and nearby nations. South Asian river dolphin. Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.
Another variant of the same species the Indus Dolphin has been named the National mammal of Pakistan. Dolphins -The National Aquatic Animal of India India has declared Ganga Dolphin as the National Aquatic Animal of India. Gangetic Dolphins are found in the river systems of Ganga Brahmaputra Meghna and Karnaphuli- Sangu in Nepal India and Bangladesh.
India now has a national aquatic animal dolphin found in Ganga also called Susu in India. Dolphin Indias national aquatic animal. 9232012 The Ganges River Dolphin is commonly known as SUSU.
It is found in the river Ganges. The National River Ganga Basin Authority NRGBA on Monday decided to accord the dolphins the. In different parts of India and were declared the National Aquatic Animal of India on October 5 th 2009.
3142021 The dolphins are locally known as Susu Soons Shishuk etc. Ganga Dolphin has been declared countrys National Aquatic Animal by the Government of India. And the scientific name is Platanista Gangetica declared as National Aquatic Animal of India by the Prime minister in the year 5th October 2009 and also accepted by Ganga Basin AuthorityNGRBA.
Gangetic dolphin is the only freshwater dolphin of India and is found in the river Ganga and Brahmputra and its tributaries. Recent news that the Indian Central Government in the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority chaired by the Hon. After the Yangtze River dolphin of China went extinct in 2006 it was heartening to listen to the announcement of our river dolphin as the National aquatic animal.
The Ganga River Dolphin inhabits the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system primarily in. Like we have tiger as a national animal and peacock as a national bird we have declared dolphins as a national aquatic animal as it represents the. 1052009 To save dolphins from extinction the Union government has declared them as the national aquatic animal.
562020 The Ganges River Dolphin or also called Susu is the National Aquatic Animal of India. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy. However these dolphins are on a list of Indias critically endangered animals list.
The South Asian river dolphin Platanista gangetica is an endangered freshwater or river dolphin found in the region of Indian subcontinent which is split into two subspecies the Ganges river dolphin and the Indus river dolphin. The River Dolphin which has the Latin name Platanistoidea is Indias national aquatic animal. 11242020 The river dolphin is known as the national aquatic animal of India.
In 2009 the Manmohan Singh government notified the Gangetic Dolphin as the national aquatic animal to channel attention and resources towards conserving the species. The dolphins found in the Ganga are a rare species. River Dolphin or Gangetic River Dolphin is the National Aquatic Animal of India.
The female is about 9 feet long and the male is about 7 feet long. Dolphins are amongst one of the oldest creatures in the world along with some species of turtles crocodiles and sharks. The Indian river dolphin is blind.
As researches found dolphins are rarest creatures and also happened to be oldest ones along with turtles crocodiles and shark species. The National Aquatic Animal Of India is Ganga Dolphin. Ganga River Dolphin is found only in the Indian subcontinent and has two species the Ganges river dolphin and the Indus river dolphin.
Ganga river dolphin Indias national aquatic animal to undergo first ever unified survey By सरभ रय 14th Jul 2015 49 claps Amitav Ghoshs celebrated novel The Hungry Tide is set in the. Gangetic Dolphins have been named the national aquatic animal of India. It is one of the National Symbols of India.
The Gange River Dolphin is a rare species of dolphins found only in Indian and neighbor countries.
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