A cross marks the spot where a dead Kemp's Ridley sea turtle was found on the beach in Pass Christian Mississippi,  painted orange by the Institute for the Marine Mammal Studies so it wont be counted a second time, left on the beach until a crew comes to remove it. <br /> An unprecedented number of dead young  Kemp's Ridley and Loggerhead  sea turtles have washed up on the shores of Mississippi along the Gulf of Mexico starting almost a year after the BP oil spill. The sea turtle species being found dead are endangered. <br /> Test are being done on the high number of turtle and dolphin corpses found on the beaches but results have not been released.
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