"Near-record numbers of manatees have died in Florida waters in early 2011"

"...Authorities at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are also investigating the huge increase in baby dolphins found washed up dead along the US Gulf Coast, in the first birthing season since the BP oil spill disaster."

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