Re: [Paddlewise] Jumping the Gun was "Re: BP & oil rig"

Correct.  I have a friend (kayaker) who worked for the University of 
Texas and would find dead dolphins which she would tie up alongside her 
kayak and bring in for testing at the University of Texas for research.  
This was many years ago (she may still be doing this today).  Believe it 
or not, they (dolphins) don't live forever. 

Jackie


Bradford R. Crain wrote:

>
> This is interesting. I grew up on the east coast of Florida, where
> porpoises were common, and never saw a porpoise corpse wash up.
> I suppose this doesn't actually prove anything.
>
> BRC
> ....
>
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100512/ap_on_re_us/us_oil_spill_dolphins
>>
>> HORN ISLAND, Miss. - Federal wildlife officials are treating the  
>> deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related even though  
>> other factors may be to blame.
>> Blair Mase (MACE') of the National Marine Fisheries Service said  
>> Tuesday that the carcasses have all been found in Louisiana,  
>> Mississippi and Alabama since May 2. Samples have been sent for  
>> testing to see whether a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico  
>> helped kill the dolphins.
>> Mase and animal rescue coordinator Michele Kelley in Louisiana said  
>> none of the carcasses has obvious signs of oil. Mase also said it's  
>> common for dead dolphins to wash up this time of year when they are  
>> in shallow waters to calve.
>> The Associated Press found dolphins swimming and playing in oily  
>> waters off Louisiana last week.
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