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Only 50 Rice's Whales Are Left. Can We Do Enough to Protect Them Before It's Too Late?

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The only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most endangered whales in the world.

Scientists estimate that about 50 are left.

The whales were thought to belong to a more abundant species, Bryde 's whale, until 2014 .

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster is thought to have killed a fifth of all Rice 's whales.

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