The Atheist Book Club discussion

In the Amazon Basin in central Brazil, local legends claim that it is bad luck to kill a river dolphin—just looking one in the eye may cause a lifetime of bad dreams. But there’s another reason to protect these large freshwater creatures: A new study finds that instead of two species in the basin, there are actually three. And each is rarer than anyone realized.

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/20...

What wonderful creatures. Not having them around would be a tremendous loss.