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The Yangtze River Dolphin
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Can humans ever progress without endangering precious marine life? Presented by Rob Newman. From 2019.
Rob Newman tells the story of a species we've lost forever, and explores our role in their extinction.
The Yangtze River Dolphin, the "Goddess of the Yangtze", was blind, graceful, sociable, and... pink.
As the Chinese river became a highway for international trade and commerce, the Goddess was pushed further and further from their ancestral home.
Is the survival of the natural world and the advance of human progress incompatible?
Produced at 麻豆社 Bristol by Emily Knight.
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in November 2019.
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Tue 20 May 2025
09:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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