december of 2012 over 1,000 dead dolphins washed up along the gulf shore. it's over four times the usual death rate of dolphins. scientists found lung and adrenal lesions in the dead dolphins and the study found these lesions are consistent with damaged marine mammals usually sustained from oil exposure. researchers said the timing location and nature of the detected lesions support that contaminants from the deepwater horizon oil spill caused these lesions and contributed to the high number of dolphin deaths. bp is pushing back on the study. they released a statement saying the data we have seen thus far, including the new study from noaa do not show that oil from the deepwater horizon caused an increase in dolphin mortality. over 200 million gallons of oil gushed from the ocean floor for 87 days back in 2010. the fact bp thinks this had nothing to do with abnormal dolphin deaths over the last two