Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore

[ORDagnabbit]

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Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore


GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) --The danger to wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico is greater than the oil-covered pelicans that have been rescued.

Marine scientists are seeing some strange -- and troubling -- phenomena.

Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier.

Their presence close to shore means their usual haunts are badly polluted.

The crowding could cause mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen. They'll also be easy targets for predators.

Already there have been increased shark sightings in shallow waters along the Gulf Coast.

So far, 783 birds, 353 turtles and 41 mammals have died

[xultar]

1. Can they get them? Move them? Trap them? HELP THEM!!!!

[KakistocracyHater]

2. get mega-sized backhoes out there & make sandbars offshore

deep enough to try to accomodate these poor creatures. If big enough the oil should catch on these sandbars instead. Include boulders too perhaps to start it faster.

[NC_Nurse]

3. That is beyond sad.

:-(

[BurtWorm]

4. Get the hell away from there, sea creatures!

Don't you know it was them land critters what wrecked your home!

[lostnfound]

5. How inconvenient for BP, that they are going off to die in a dark hole in the middle of the Gulf

I'm sure that's what they would prefer.

[Lorien]

7. Millions are probably already dead on the sea floor. nt

[burnsei sensei]

6. These creatures are

asking us for help in the only way they know how.
We owe them so much. We have to do something to protect them!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. My heart is broken.

:cry:

[Captain Hilts]

9. Dolphins don't vote. Sea life was mentioned only as 'bounty' in last night's speech. nt

[tnlefty]

10. God damn the greedy oil pigs...

yes I stated it, yes I mean it, all of them. :mad: