oil spills

I want to talk about oil spills today. They are very destructive to the ocean and the organisms in it.When oil spills in the ocean, many animals die and the ocean becomes polluted. In Russia, an oil tanker spilled about 2,000 tons of oil into the ocean. Thousands of birds are dying. The oil spills in oceans are disasters. Oil spills occur when an oil tanker cracks open. This can happen if the tanker hits a strong wave, runs ashore or it breaks down. Oil tankers are huge and can hold a lot of oil so one oil spill dumps a lot of oil into the ocean. Animals are highly affected by these spills. The oil that is spilled could have poisonous metals like lead in it. The oil kills a lot of birds, mostly sea birds. The oil gets all over the birds feathers. This will not allow the bird to fly. When the bird tries to clean its feathers, it will eat the oil and the bird will poison itself. If the oil enters the lungs, the animal has a high chance of dying. The bird can also die by hypothermia because it can’t fly out of the cold water with its weighted feathers. Sea otters are affected by the oil in many ways. The sea otters can also die by the means of hypothermia. The sea otters have air bubbles in their fur. These air bubbles help them float and keep them warm from the ocean. If oil gets into these air bubbles, the otters will have a low body temperature and they will die because of the cold temperature of the water. Killer Whales are affected by the oil spills. One of the reasons the killer whale are endangered are because of these oil spills. Whales eat small fishes. If the small fish swam through oil, the whale will become poisoned and die. The oil will also clog the whale’s blowhole. When the Whales come up to breathe, the blowholes are blocked so they can’t breathe and they end up dying. The oil in the water will make a thin layer so if a bird lands on the surface of the water it will be covered in oil and can’t fly. The animals that live in the water that live off of the plants become poisoned and can suffocate if they have oil on their fur or skin. The vapors are deadly too. Birds that are affected by oil will have eggs that have problems at birth. The eggs have pores which are covered in oil which causes the embryos not to develop right. This is a huge problem. One oil spill is devastating. I think that the oil should be transported with a safer method, but the oil companies are so greedy, that they bring the oil in huge ships. They should think of a safer method to transport oil even if it costs a lot.