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A week in the life of an oil Pelican Soaked!

Imagine you are standing on the beach at sunset the finest you've ever seen. Suddenly, a stone's throw from where he is, a pelican in flight silhouette on the bottom of the orange ball of sun. This is an image that will give you peace always on such occasions when random that comes to mind.

Now we see that the same sun and the beach with the same other water Pelican pursued by three men in a boat. They try to help, not harm birds, but do not know. He knows that something is very wrong!

Their wings are not permitted to leave the water. The best thing to do is jump on the airwaves Jesus as running water. His body is covered with oil heavy red-brown, which is the key. Finally, the tired bird farm running and is resigned to what humans have in mind.

The story begins with the Pelican leaking oil giant on the horizon deep water oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, owned by British Petroleum. Millions of gallons of oil leaked from a pipe in the Gulf, despite the discourse politicians and oil men too, no end to this crisis seems to be visible.

Perhaps this is rescued animals is one of the birds lucky. According to experts, however, less than one percent of seabirds rescued tights, fragrant oil survive the ordeal. This is like going to the bird.

Day One: If it's a chance to survive being captured by men who pursue it with a dip net is placed in a cage on the boat and at the end of the day, all birds collected on that day are taken to a relief center. Here they are sequestered for two days, while establishing expect their experience and are tested for infections and injuries.
In general, birds are too low to eat and must be fed intravenously.

Day Three: The cleaning starts with the pelican be sprayed with a lubricant, usually canola oil or a mixture with mayonnaise to loosen the grease and dirt covering the birds that survived the period of detention.

Now the cleaning begins. A diluted form of liquid dishwashing detergent Aurora seems to be the choice to remove oil feathers. The bird must be unhappy and rinsed several times to ensure that all soap has been washed away. Even a small amount detergent can interfere with the natural oils from feathers.

Day four to six: After thorough rinsing, the Pelican is sent the preparation room where heated by a series of lights or yourself with a hair dryer. Then he was sent to another area look at the pelicans who crossed the same treatment. It has been observed for a few days to ensure it is fair and natural barrier is back feathers.
Pelicans and other seabirds that survive are traumatized by what transport to the seabird sanctuary in Indian Shores Sun Coast, Florida.

The latter would be far enough from the oil spill to be a haven for pelicans. Many of these birds still saved forget their places of origin and try to get on familiar territory. Some do return to the protected waters of Gulf oil.

All this is a very simplified version rescue attempts to save oil-soaked birds. Their survival depends on how long they have been exposed dirt, bird age and time of physical exposure.

Unfortunately, only a few of the thousands of birds Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama, will be saved. Of those rescued, less than one percent survive the stress of oil and save. A Such a loss for us all!

State Republicans to get soaked in oil costs, is what he still wants to Drill?

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida have their beaches bathed in oil spills. Fish and other wildlife are stranded dead rotten. How can it affect the politics of oil in these states? Will they want drilling off their coasts?

Karma is a beeeatch!

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