There has been a lot of news about the devastation that the oil gusher is having and will have on the marine life of the Gulf of Mexico. The face of that devastation takes the form of oil soaked birds and the bodies of dolphins and turtles. There is also a commonly repeated statement that the real damage will be invisible, billions upon billions of larval fishes and other micro-organisms that will perish in the water column when oil passes through it. This carnage has no face. Below I will talk a bit about the diversity of life in the Gulf and show some photos of local denizens that I took yesterday.
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