> Because the vaquita was only fully described in the late 1980s > Given the continued rate of bycatch and low reproductive output from a small population, it

> Because the vaquita was only fully described in the late 1980s > Given the continued rate of bycatch and low reproductive output from a small population, it is estimated that there are fewer than 10 vaquitas alive as of February 2022 ugh, just the worst - from "barely knew it existed" to "extinct" in under 50 years