Oil Spills In Saving Penguins

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According to “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time”, an oil spill once broke out near the island of Australia, and covered many birds native to that area ( Lewis 19). In “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time”, the penguins started to get harmed by the chemicals surrounding their land, and many different ideas were used to help the birds survive. One unique idea included using sweaters to keep the birds from harmful substances. In the end, the sweaters were put into good use, and enabled the birds from the spill to grow healthy and be able to go back into the wild without any oil. In “The Amazing Penguin Rescue”, penguins living in the South Atlantic Ocean were also affected by an oil spill that had happened close to their home. The text …show more content…
In “Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time”, the humans would use sweaters to give the volunteers more time to clean up each bird one by one. The author wrote,” But amazingly, the sweaters did the trick, warming the penguins and keeping them from preening. This bought workers time to carefully clean the oil from each bird. Over time, the birds grew strong and healthy”(Lewis 19). Based on this evidence, we can conclude that the humans ideas of knitting sweaters were efficient in buying more time, and from making the penguins sick from the contaminants on them. The volunteers would personally clean the birds with their own hands to make sure the penguins were safe. Similarly, “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” also includes humans helping penguins to recover from the oil spill that occurred near their area. On page 17, it says,” Ten miles from the island, outside the city of Cape Town, a team of scientists and volunteers has transformed a warehouse into a penguin rescue center. They work with astonishing speed. The warehouse contains hundreds of round enclosures, each large enough to accommodate 100 penguins. Other areas of the warehouse have been designated for washing penguins”(Tarshis 17). This supports my claim because this shows how the humans have joined together so they can help clean the penguins. The courageous work of these people are very creditable, but there is also a different side to every

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