What effect does oil spills have on animals?

Answer 1

When oil is spilt it gets on animal of all kinds, they breath it and drink it in their water. The small food plants or small animals that larger animals eat get covered in it, then become sick, and then they are eaten by larger animals. Any animal hunting or trying to feed around it will become covered and can drown, or suffocate They can be blinded, their lungs damaged, and if they ingest too much their internal organs will not recover even if they are rescued. There are organizations that try to help save animals from such spills. But oil spills have devastating effects on the animals that come in contact with it, plus the environment suffers too.

Answer 2

When oil is spilled into an aquatic environment, it can harm organisms that live on or around the water surface and those that live under water. Spilled oil can also damage parts of the food chain, including human food resources.

Answer 3

• Oil spills destroy their environment.
• Oil spills destroy their food supplies.
• Oil spills cover the aquatic animals with oil that prevents them breathing, eating, drinking, flying or swimming. So they die.

Answer 4

it effects them because if they are birds they can't fly. Sometimes, the oil can go down their throat and kill the animal