Research+Process

toc =How It Went= Amazon Twist's research process began by going onto google and typing in " Amazon River Dolphin" and we got a million hits. Our most benefitial site was [|www.rainforest-alliance.org]. For our images we gathered them from all sites shown in our bibliography. We got our video from http://video.google.com/videoplaydocid=4358063097516744707&hl=en. We had a few problems finding the information off the computer because there was practically no sites on whats being done to save them but I asked for my teachers help and she showed me what to do. Also it was hard to find a video of a river dolphin because the were all people just talking about them. Other than that we had no other problems.

=Questions= Why are they endangered, what's happening to them? Is anyone trying to help them, if so what are they doing for them? How many of them are left?

=Why I'm interested in them:= The Amazon River dolphin was a respected animal and humans believed that they had magical powers, so they didn't hunt them until recently.

=What I learned for researching= I learned how to narrow down my searches by adding in plus signs and quotation marks. I also learned that you have to actually look past the first three sites that pop up when you search on the web.

=What else?= What other things I would research on the dolphins is how long have they been on earth and if they were always pink or all different colors. Also I would want to know how they can shoot soundwaves out of their foreheads.

=Major Findings=
 * There are less than 100 amazon river dolphins left on earth.
 * They are dying off rapidly because of environmental issues.
 * There are only a few organizations trying to save them from exctinction.