FIG. 5. A guillemot (Uria aalge) struggling to keep afloat after oil has destroyed the
buoyancy provided by its plumage (photo : Carl Stockton).
FIG. 6. Another guillemot which died in crude oil emulsion from the ’‘ Torrey Canyon ”,
washed ashore in Sennen Cove (photo : Anthony Clay).
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