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Gangetic Dolphins

- National Aquatic Animal of India
- Known as Su Su or Blind dolphin
-found in Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers and their tributaries in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
- Uses Biosonar for communication

Threats 
- Entanglement in fishing nets as bycatch
- Hunting for oil and meat 
- Poisoning from industrial and agricultural chemicals 
- Building of more than 50 dams along many rivers

Conservation Efforts
- comes under Wildlife Protection Act 1972 - Schedule 1
- IUCN Red List status - Engdangered
- Protected under CITES Convention - Appendix 1
- Declared as City Animal for Guwahati

- Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in Bihar - India's only sanctuary for the Gangetic dolphin