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How many bird victims were there in the oil spill in San Francisco Bay? How do people decide whether an oiled bird is curable?
How many bird victims were there in the oil spill in San Francisco Bay? How do people decide whether an oiled bird is curable?
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2022-08-25
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问题
How many bird victims were there in the oil spill in San Francisco Bay?
How do people decide whether an oiled bird is curable?
R = reporter; B = Dr. Bennet (the zoologist)
R: Welcome back on "Things You May not Know" to continue our questions on the bird
section, Dr. Bennet, are oil spills a big threat to seabirds?
B: Oh, more than most people would imagine. Last Sunday an oil tanker sank in Russia’s Kerch Strait, and 30,000 seabirds died of oil contamination. Only two days later, a tanker crash in San Fransisco Bay killed 500 birds and another 700 oiled birds are still under medical care.
R: Poor things!
B: I know, it could be pretty tragic.
R: Dr. Brennet, just now you told us it takes a lot of work to save an oiled bird. So exactly how do you do that?
B: We have to use chemicals, and the cleaning has to be done with caution. You see, oil clots when it gets on the plumage and it destroys the airtight insulation.
R: What does that mean, Dr. Bennet?
B: It means the feathers are no longer waterproof. It seeps through the feathers. Instinctively the bird will try to clean its feathers with the beak. But the self-cleaning behavior can cause it to take the oil into its body.
R: So the bird is poisoned as a result?
B: Exactly. At this point, the only way to save the animal is to feed it through a tube to its stomach a liquid mixture of vitamins and medicine. And the medicine helps to remove the oil from inside the body.
R: But tell us, Dr. Brennet, is it possible that the oiled bird is so badly oiled that its conditions turn out to be fatal and we simply can’t save it?
B: It sure happens. Before we actually start the cleaning process, we need to decide the extent of contamination. We analyze blood and feather samples. Any birds judged too weak to survive a full cleaning are euthanatized. You know, if there’s nothing we can do, at least we can offer them a painless death.
选项
A、By taking blood and feather samples.
B、By keeping the bird under observation.
C、By examining its waste.
D、By measuring its vitamin levels.
答案
A
解析
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