Indus River Dolphins are listed as, endangered
and are only found in the lower parts of Indus River, Pakistan
They are believed to have originated, in the ancient Tethys Sea
when it dried up, about 50 million years ago, an antient discovery
They are one of four, river dolphin species and sub-species
and they spend all their lives, in fresh water rivers
They use echolocation to navigate, hunt and communicate
as they’re functionally blind, and adapted to muddy waters
Numbers have declined, because of human encroachment
destroying their habitat, with all this human development
building dams and barrages, that degrades their migration
and other threats are, bycatch, poaching and pollution
Snowflaked angels falling lightly
In darkness of the evening stir
As I fallowed footsteps queerly
On old-fashioned horse with spur
To travel where others have been
Places where others have verified
I passed by the sleeping village
And fields frozen near by
Watched thatched roofs full of snow
Where other travelers sleeping lie
Then I rode the trodden path
Through the forest of antient blight
Into a meadow of angel buds
Blossoms of bright yellow groom
Wind stoked petals bright
Near a brook cheery and cool
I let the horse graze the land
I laid my head on soft ground
Hopping the brook will tell me
Where and why I came around