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BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Pictures: Wildlife in Danger

by Jordan Yerman | May 3, 2010 at 09:52 am

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Pictures Reveal Wildlife Killed by BP Oil Spill

Photographic evidence of wildlife killed by the BP oil spill is pouring in. Turtles, sea birds and fish are washing ashore along the Gulf Coast, even as crews work to contain the oil slick.

BP is taking a page from Exxon's playbook, shifting blame and trying to shield itself from lawsuits. Monkey see, monkey do: this strategy worked a treat for ExxonMobil, which ended up paying out $500 million, which comprised 1% of its annual profit. Meanwhile, 20% of the plaintiffs had died before any settlement was reached. Should we expect different from BP?

The Exxon Valdez spill, however, took place before the Internet age. The BP oil spill is much more front-and-center to people all around the world, as digital images of the spill's effects get passed along via email and social networking.

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Mike Nolan (not verified)

at 14:26 on May 13th, 2010

I count one dead turtle in the pictures referenced for this article. I have also seen a picture of a dead jellyfish. So far there is no evidence the spill killed the 20 turtles mentioned. Of Course the loss of even one life is tragic, However this spill is far from the massive ecological disaster that is being portrayed in the media. BP is doing everything they can to help clean up this mess, kudos to them for stepping up and cleaning up their own mess.

mike garon (not verified)

at 02:56 on May 20th, 2010

wake up you nut they [BP] called any lawsuits that come against them frivolous, because Americans' will always file silly lawsuits. there is a massive loss of life 11 people and thousands of wildlife they havent done anything to address it except grease the palms of the angry and patch up less than 20% of a slice people like you are whats wrong with this country youre subjective thoughts are a joke

Cindy Louise (not verified)

at 21:00 on June 15th, 2010

Wow. Wake up!!! 600 MILLION LITRES of OIL have been spilled into one of the MOST important oceanic ecological areas!!! Everything from sperm wails to crab and coral depend on this eco-system. The FISH you eat likely SPAWNS in that area! Thousands of birds are dead. COUNTLESS things you CANNOT SEEE are dead because of this!! And guess what dude? Something like this will act like a ripple affect for the rest of the world!! You cannot kill one ecological system without all other ecological systems feeling the affects. You can bloody well bet that oil from this spill will been seen spreading much much farther than BP will ever tell you. REALIZE that corporations rule this world and will do anything to COVER up this global disaster so that you can continue to live your content lives while the world DIES around you.

Leef (not verified)

at 03:32 on June 1st, 2010

I agree! What's wrong with you Nolan? Do you know how much this spill is impacting on the environment? How many innocent creatures will die horrible, oil-slicked, suffocating deaths? So that humans (mostly Americans) can live luxurious, care-free lives? The guilt lies with all of us. Face up to it.

aku (not verified)

at 09:18 on June 14th, 2010

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SKAGS (not verified)

at 09:19 on June 14th, 2010

bp is the best gas company NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kim moss (not verified)

at 16:48 on June 28th, 2010

Why can't we find any real time Benzene level counts now? Before this they were avaliable. Now that we face poisioning by these deadly gases we can't get the information we need. THEY say they don't want to create panic...hiding the information we need to be informed IS creating the very panic THEY are trying to avoid. My husband is a doctor in Hernando County & he has a Oncologist as a patient. She expresses today she use to be able to find this info but she too is unable to now. Do the research on this deadly gas. The exposure is undetectable by you and me. We will only know when we and our loved ones begin to show symptoms. At that point its to late people. WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO DEMAND ANSWERS. WE ARE POSSIBLY FACING DEADLY EXPOSURE. DON'T WE CARE?? Haven't we learned we are lied to all the time? This is our health and the health of our loved ones. I don't want to find out we've been exposed on a trip to the oncologist. aka..cancer doctor. How about you. SCREAM OUT AMERICA AND ESPECIALLY THE GULF COAST. WE NEED ANSWERS!!!!!!!

Katie146 (not verified)

at 02:39 on July 27th, 2010

If any of you think there is anything insignificant or small-scale about this disaster you are wrong. www.stumbleupon.com/su/2PZFV6/newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/11/how-to-keep-track-of-the-animals-killed-in-the-oil-spill//r:t and if you think those statistic seem unrealistic then I strongly suggest you look at: www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25926.htm or just speak to a resident of the area affected.