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Gulf Oil Spill Pictures: Wildlife in Peril

 
dragonfly tries to clean itself of oil

Since the explosion of an offshore drilling rig in mid-April, millions of gallons of oil a day have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, threatening its coasts and seeping into ecologically sensitive wetlands. See the spill's impact on wildlife in this photo slide show.

A dragonfly tries to clean itself as it is stuck to marsh grass covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Garden Island Bay on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana near Venice. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

 
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