The BP gulf spill is a detour in wildlife life cycles not a road block. I'm sure by now you have seen or heard about oil covered pelicans or other wildlife. Yes, it tough on those caught by the oil. But, hey it is an example of survival of the fittest. That oil covered pelican can fly so why did he land in the oil? He was stupid. One dumb pelican removed from the pelican gene pool. Had he not been rescued he would have died a natural death as a meal for a shark, barracuda, or alligator. If the pelican was stupid enough to land in oil those predators would probably have gotten him any way.
Worried about the gastric system of the predators? Don't. Oil is a molecule composed of 5 to 19 carbon atoms. The pelican's molecules are 20+ carbon atoms. Yes, I know there are other elements attached to those molecules, but remember oil has always been classified as "fossil fuel." When that predator consumes the oil covered pelican, is not much different from the deep fried chicken you have eaten. The difference in crude oil and cooking oil is not a difference in atoms, but in chemical bonding.
God designed species to reproduce at rates to maintain a healthy community for the species' environmental niche. Why do chickens keep laying eggs? Because the community is not growing since the eggs are being consumed. So it is with pelicans, if a larger percentage are lost this year, each succeeding breeding season there will be more hatchlings until the community order is re-established.
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