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Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Photo by p.young713
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Habitat:

Gulf of Mexico

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Can you add Gulf of Mexico mission to this spotting..!!
I do not think the water is clean and I do not go swimming! Here is a link for the government statistics http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/oilspill/ Here is a story about a Oyster haverster who can not make a living due to the oil spill http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2011/06/one_year_after_gulf_of_mexico.html Here is what the CDC reports, not up to date, of course! http://emergency.cdc.gov/gulfoilspill2010/2010gulfoilspill/health_surveillance.asp And here is what the lawyers are saying http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/feds-funding-study-oil-spills-effect-flesh-eating-bacteria-blamed-multiple-recent-gulf-area-deaths-after-waterseafood-contact-videos What I noticed this year is there are no Jelly fish and I have heard word of mouth that a lot of people have become sick swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, I think its odd the government is not keeping the CDC website up to date and have posted no updates since 2010.
How are the conditions there after that great Oil spill..?

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