Transcript of “Vaquita”
Grant, another word that’s been added to the brand new official Scrabble dictionary is a word that I didn’t know. It’s vaquita.
This is a type of dolphin.
How did you know this? Yeah, vaquita, V-A-Q-U-I-T-A.
And I thought, what is that? Is that like little cow? And that is the origin of the term. It means little cow in Spanish, but it’s applied to a small, highly endangered porpoise.
This is the one that lives in the Sea of Cortez. And I think there are 11 of them left.
Is it? Of course you would know how many vaquitas are left in the Sea of Cortez.
Well, I do have a son who has for a long time been interested in not only geography, but in animals.
And so you tend to pick up the interests of the people around you.
Okay.
Well, Baquita is now something that he can play in Scrabble.
What are your interests?
Where do they intersect language?
And how much do you want to tell me and Martha?
You know you do.
You just badly want to tell us.
