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Billy Nungesser: “Absolutely not. The spots you saw, you don't have the thick oil. But when a bird gets a little bit of oil on its breast…”

On the recordApril 18, 2011
Absolutely not. The spots you saw, you don't have the thick oil. But when a bird gets a little bit of oil on its breast, it's like you punching a hole in a rubber boot. You're going to get pneumonia and die.

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Nungesser expresses his frustration about the lack of monitoring and rescue efforts for wildlife affected by the oil spill.

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