Cuban Scientists Race Against Time to Save Fish as Old As the Dinosaurs
This mosquito-ridden lagoon deep in the Zapata Swamp, the Caribbean's largest intact wetland, is ground-zero for a humble but dedicated restoration effort that aims to save the manjuari, or Cuban gar, from extinction.
"It`s a jewel among Cuban fishes," said park biologist Andres Hurtado as he tromped through a mangrove forest and fended off a descending swarm of mosquitoes.
"They`re a biological relic that has lived 140 or 150 million years and...
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