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| ▲ This photo, provided by Koseong-gun, shows a finless porpoise. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by the Korea National Park Service, shows two finless porpoises embracing each other captured on camera by a HeliKite. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Sept.3 (Yonhap) -- A couple of finless porpoise, one of the endangered species in the world, were spotted courting on a camera footage.
The Korea National Park Service, affiliated with the Ministry of Environment, announced Friday that it took a photograph of four finless porpoises in the sea near Taeanhaean National Park in April using HeliKite.
In the video, three finless porpoises were shown swimming around one finless porpoise as if they were competing with each other, and eventually two finless porpoises moved away from the herd while embracing each other.
Researchers from the Korea National Park Service estimated that the four finless porpoises captured in the video were around 1.5 to 2 meters long and more than four to five years old.
The finless porpoise species were listed as endangered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in February 1979 and is currently being protected worldwide. The finless porpoises are also called a "smiling dolphin" since the shape of its face resembles a smiling human.
The video captured can be viewed through the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrtGba2vNlc
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