1 | But it was too late for the baiji. | |
2 | Only a few hundred were left by 1970. | |
3 | "Losing the baiji is like taking a chain saw to the cetacean tree of life," says Hamilton. | |
4 | That was the last baiji Chen and other scientists laid eyes on. | |
5 | As China developed economically, pressure on the river dolphin grew significantly. |