Download Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Animals Killed PNG. Oil from the tanker spill killed an estimated 250,000 seabirds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 seals, 250 bald eagles, 22 killer whales and billions of salmon. see photos of the exxon valdez oil spill.
This type of aggressive washing works, but it can kill plants and animals in the long term and short term, officials. The majority of dead birds identified (74%) were murres. The valdez was traveling at all ahead full outside all normal traffic lanes in prince william sound when it struck bligh reef.
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More than 15,000 sea birds and enormous numbers of aquatic animals were killed before here's a look at the largest spills in world history and how the gulf oil spill and the exxon valdez disaster compare. Both environment and millions of birds and animals were the oil spill left behind ravaging effects on the environment, some of which are still seen today. Nearly 11,000,000 gallons of crude oil were dispersed when the exxon valdez ran aground, polluting 1,300 miles of alaskan shoreline and causing the extermination of much native wildlife. Exxon valdez was a 987 feet long oil tanker ship.