Little does Bhunte know about the vast world of sea and the enigma within. But, he heard from his distant uncle, Sailo dai, who often travels all around the forest and beyond, that there is a little sea cow ‘Vaquita’ porpoise. One of the little sea cows is Aba. A young vaquita, Aba, knows that their world is soon ending. It was disheartening to know that they are only 10 of them on this entire Earth! Bhunte was sad. He imagined how he would have travelled to the Gulf of California, Mexico to meet Aba. Even though, it would have been the largest distance travelled by the trunk-folks. Both Bhunte and Aba would have sat and shared the stories of their worlds till dusk. How painful it is to know that Aba and his remaining relatives will soon bid a bye to this earth. Because of overfishing, gillnets, meat trades and of course, humans spilling their toxic over the sea have taken a toll on these tiny bright-eyed, Vaquita. The smallest of cetaceans will soon be out of our biodiversity, it ached. Bhunte felt heartburns again…’ if not now, when shall these humans stop being cruel and caring about the majestic animals which are going extinct from this world for no reasons’. Bhunte did not feel like playing. He kept on imagining about Aba and his 9 last relatives.

Dedicated to the Vaquita porpoise…

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