Protecting the Yangtze’s "smiling angels" in Tongling

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A Yangtze finless porpoise at the Tongling River Dolphin National Nature Reserve. /CGTN

A view of the riverbanks and waterways at the Tongling River Dolphin National Nature Reserve in Anhui Province. /CGTN

A Yangtze finless porpoise at the Tongling River Dolphin National Nature Reserve. /CGTN

Near Datong Ancient Town in Anhui Province, lies the Tongling River Dolphin National Nature Reserve. It’s a sanctuary dedicated to one of the Yangtze River’s most cherished residents: the Yangtze finless porpoise.

But what makes the Tongling stretch of the Yangtze so special? Its winding waterways, well-developed sandbars, and sheltered river channels create an ideal habitat for the Yangtze finless porpoise, offering calm waters where these endangered mammals can live and breed.

Thanks to ongoing conservation efforts at the reserve, these remarkable creatures benefit from dedicated care, habitat protection, and continuous monitoring. In the sheltered waters of this island sanctuary, visitors can catch glimpses of the porpoises swimming and surfacing, their distinctive, seemingly smiling faces earning them the affectionate nickname "smiling angels."

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