A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan's Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. This endangered species is seeing numbers revive, with fisherfolk playing a role as citizen-scientists.
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A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan's Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. This endangered species is seeing numbers revive, with fisherfolk playing a role as citizen-scientists.
Rizwan Tabassum AFP via Getty Images
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Marla McCreless, a junior at Cookeville High School, and her parents, Mark and Chastity McCreless, talk to University of Tennessee recruiter Dakota Hodges.
Austin Anthony for the Hechinger Report
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