No thanks to BP, Exxon, or any other oil-floating corporate behemoth that risks endangering our coastal environments, I’ve decided to post this video from Jay Holcomb, Executive Director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center.

Jay and his fellow workers are busy cleaning up any marine life they can rescue from the Gulf oil spill.

In this video, he says oil-drenched pelicans first become hypothermic (since the water will no longer roll off their feathers), and then if they sit in the sun, they can overheat, because their skin can’t breathe under their matted feathers.

I’m sure the local U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel are trained in this procedure, but hopefully we won’t see any oil-doused pelicans, turtles, or other marine life here in Shem Creek or elsewhere on the east coast like they have down at the Fort Jackson Rehabilitation Center in Louisiana.

If we do though, here’s a great before-and-after photo of their great work!

For more information, see Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response.
IMG SRC: flickr

btw: I’m sure Dove appreciated Jay’s quick plug!