Sucked Into The Black Hole Of Oil



Fish covered by oil and dead



Bird dead and covered in oil



Oil covered sea turtle



Sperm Whale dead because of oil



Oil causes marine animals and birds so much grief. The above pictures show you just how bad oil spills are for animals. The oil sticks to the aquatic animals and birds bodies and over time it gets sticker. This makes it very hard for them to survive and recover. Most oil floats on top of the water. Fish are attracted to the oil thinking it is food.  Then birds will want to eat the fish, sometimes having to dive through the oil slick. Digesting the fish that ate the oil and getting covered in it themselves. Larger fish and mammals also eat the small fish with oil in them. The oil causes a chain reaction. First harming the small fish then the larger fish and birds, then those at the top of the food chain like dolphins and sharks. Also there are humans that eat aquatic animals. There can be contaminated animals we are eating and we wouldn’t know about it. Oil spills can cause some plant life to die off as well. But most are lucky enough to recover after spills. Aquatic life gets hit really hard by oil spills. We need to figure out a way to prevent spills because we humans are going to destroy our oceans and everything in them one day.  ~Chelsea