Oils Spills and the Environment

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in the oil. The black thick oil is too heavy for the birds to fly, so they also try to clean them self off. The bird then eats the oil trying to clear its feathers and poison itself not knowing it. If the works found a sea bird that is not dead because of the oil they will take it to a cleaning center or captivity, the oil will be flushed from their eyes, intestines and feathers. The birds will than be examined for any other injures if any like broken bones, and it will take a medicine to prevent any more damage. If and when the bird is health, it will take a test on the abilities to float in water and how they keep the water away from their body. As soon as the bird can past that test it will soon be set back to the wild. The oil in many ways affects Sea Otters. The otters bodies may get coved in the oil, which will causes build up in the otter air bubbles. These air bubbles are located in their fur and helps the survive the cold oceans. The air bubbles acts like a ...

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oil the specie of the animal may become extinct. Them the fish will not be able to eat the plankton, do they will also become extinct. A killer whale could then become extinct because it cannot eat the fish. This is the happens when a specie from an animal become extinct because of an oil spill. This will damage the entire food chain in the area.

So because of one thing we are losing the sea life all because of are mistakes and careless. So we all need to take a stand and do something about it. Before one day they are all gone. It is up to you and me to do something.

This is just one of many oil spills that have done on in the ocean. We need to look at the big picture and ...

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