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Shared Planet: Hector's Dolphin

01/07/2014

Hector's Dolphin

BBC Radio 4 - Shared Planet, Hector's Dolphin

Monty Don learns what is threatening Hector's dolphin, the smallest whale in the world.

Hector's dolphin is the smallest and one of the most endangered whales in the world. Monty Don finds out how people clash with it and how to share the sea with it.

Hector's dolphin is the world smallest marine cetacean and one of the most endangered. It's a shallow water specialist endemic to New Zealand that shares its space with commercial and recreational fishing. In this episode of Shared Planet Monty Don finds out why Hector's dolphin is so vulnerable and what's being done to protect it.

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