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In an oil spill, is the danger greater to birds and marine

mammals than it is to fish and other organisms that live on
the ocean bottom? Why?

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During most oil spills, seabirds are harmed and killed in greater numbers than other kinds of creatures. Sea otters can easily be harmed by oil, since their ability to stay warm depends on their fur remaining clean.

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