Do you want to be frightened yet again? Google "nightmare well" and learn just how the Deepwater Horizon became a nightmare well.
It remains to be seen, but if the oil washing ashore along the Gulf Coast works its way inland into freshwater lagoons, estuaries, marshes, rivers and lakes, then birds like the fish-eating anhinga, or snake bird, will sooner or later be impacted.
Above is a 2009 photo of an oil-free anhinga taken by Wayne Mallinger.
Thanks again for sharing, Wayne.
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2 comments:
Lyn,
I looked at a picture of an oil-soaked bird today, then a school of Gulf Coast dolphins, and wished there was some way to communicate to all these animals STEER CLEAR OF THIS AREA. Then I got to wondering if there is some sound or other similarly safe repellant that would encourage at least migratory animals to stay out of the Gulf until teh well is plugged and the mess mopped up/dispersed.
Thoughts? Environmental group solutions? I'm thinking the sea creature equivalent of a vuvuzela.
K
Hello K.
A sea creature equivalent to a vuvuzela, now that's a wonderful idea.
I wish I had a solution, but I just do not, other than breaking our dependency on the fossil fuels. We all know what we need to do: walk more, carpool, cluster our errands, buy energy efficient vehicles, use alternative, earth-friendly sources of energy.
We went through a gasoline shortage in the 1970s and people started buying smaller cars. But that life style change went away in the 1980s and everyone bought SUVs.
We can only hope that we have learned a valuable lesson. But will we? As a species, we seem to be terribly short-sighted.
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