It is unusual to publish an obituary when the subject is not yet dead, but the situation for the vaquita, that little porpoise with a short and stocky build and panda-like markings, now appears hopeless. For decades, scientists have trekked down to Baja California, where the Sea of Cortez laps the sandy desert peninsula on the west and wets the Mexican mainland shores on the east in search of the vaquita.
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