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Oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to leak oil into the ocean. There are a few more ways an oil spill can occur. Equipment breaking down may cause an oil spill. ... When they start to drive the tanker again, they can put a hole in the tanker causing it to leak oil. Illegal dumpers are people that will dump crude oil into the oceans because they do not want to spend money on decomposing their waste oil. Because they won’t spend money on breaking up the oil (decomposing it) they will dump oil into the oceans, which is illegal. Natural disasters (like hurricanes or large waves) may cause an oil spill, too. If a hurricane was a couple of miles away, the winds from the hurricane could cause the oil tanker to flip over, pouring oil out.
Animals may get severely hurt or even killed from oil spills. Birds die from oil spills if their feathers are covered in oil. ... Animals may die because they get hypothermia, causing their body temperature to be really low. oil may also cause the death of an animal by entering the animal’s lungs or liver. The animal will then be poisoned by the oil. Oil also can kill an animal by blinding it. ... If they are not aware of other animals, they may be eaten, thus also poisoning the predator. Oil spills sometimes are the reason for animals becoming endangered.
Approximate Word count = 1215
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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