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Baiji in Rivers

I believe that, in the interest of spreading awareness for extinct/endangered/threatened species, which seems to be at least one of the goals of some Minecraft updates (pandas, bees, etc.), the Baiji should be added as a rare mob in the Rivier Biome.

The baiji is a river dolphin that used to be found in Chinese rivers, prior to intense pollution as a result of rapid industrialization. While there are unconfirmed reports of them in remote locations, the species is considered extinct.

The baiji would essentially be a skin-variant of the dolphin that would only spawn in River biomes, while dolphins would be limited to ocean biomes. Potentially, it could be added as a way to check river quality (i.e., it doesn't spawn if the dirt near the river doesn't have grass or trees on it, making the water "dirtier"). I'm not sure what benefit it could provide the player besides something neat to look at, or acting like a normal dolphin in the rivers.

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    I like that

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    It should be very rare.

     

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    Considering this is quite literally the world's rarest animal, I'd love it if there was only around 10 of these on a map (could be changed in config if the player wants to find more/less of them tho), and the player would get a benefit for finding them. Perhaps if they were to be fed fish they could give the player experience points and a few items, they would only be able to give the bonus once. If the player can unite two Baiji they will eventually produce a baby (no breeding required, they do it on their own, but they only do it if there's no other baby Baiji around.) and the player will be rewarded an achievement called "Preserving the Species", which comes alongside a hefty experience bonus.

    Having this animal in the game would bring so many bonuses, you get to add the world's rarest animal, increase the biodiversity in rivers (which sorely need something interesting), increase the number of Asian animal species in the game (which is a bit lacking IMO, especially considering the diversity of the continent), and you get more aquatic animals, which we can always do with.

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    it's an extinct species so it could be very rare. Since it's very rare when you found and swim with it you should get the very special effect from it.

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    They should be like turtle eggs, an innocent creature to protect... (especially from its psychopathic, racist, capitalist, attention hogging, drunkard relatives that actively support the finning of innocent sharks, and in case you are wondering I meant dolphins, and yes all of those descriptions are accurate. slightly biased, maybe, but accurate.) Dolphins would attack them, drowned would attack them, and so on, and they would need to be protected so they could give you a reward such as permanent Dolphin's Grace or something like that.