Irrawaddy Dolphin

Those of you who watch for news about conservation or marine mammals might have gotten very excited when media agencies started spouting out this week that an "Asian Dolphin, Feared Dying, Is Thriving" or a "Huge population of rare dolphins discovered." You might have been inspired that "Study finds 6,000 rare dolphins off Bangladesh" or that "Rare Dolphins Discovered Deep In Jungle". You might have felt better about the world, when "Thousands of rare Irrawaddy dolphins found along Bangladesh coast" told you that "The discovery of a new population is an important finding as scientists and…