
Chris Johnson, an acclaimed cetacean filmmaker who worked with Tethys in the recent past, is currently busy in Mexico with the ‘
Expedition Vaquita’.
There, he is working with scientists from Mexico, the U.S., the U.K. and Japan to film vaquitas
Phocoena sinus, the most endangered and the smallest cetacean in the world.
After some days in the field, Chris was a little ‘upset’ as suggested by his Blog: “
I kept thinking how I was probably the only one on the expedition who had not glimpsed a vaquita yet. I was so busy filming the unfolding action...”
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But... good things come to those who wait!” and, on October 23rd, he managed to film the rare vaquita!
This video is part of
Whale Trackers, a series of documentary programmes that journey across the world’s oceans to explore the lives of whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Have a look to the
first rare footage of vaquita!
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For more information:
The vaquita porpoiseIUCN Red List: Phocoena sinus