The victims of oil spill are washing up on shore

[thewiseguy]

A dead grouper fish lays washed in by the tide in Waveland, Miss., Monday, May 3, 2010. The Mississippi gulf coast has seen more than usual dead marine life since the gulf oil spill began over a week ago.
(AP Photo/David Quinn)



Institute of Marine Mammal Sciences researchers Justin Main, left, and Kelly Folkedahl collect a dead sea turtle on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss., Sunday, May 2, 2010. The researchers were collecting dead turtles and will examine them to determine the cause of death. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)



A Portuguese Man-o-War is seen in clumps of oil in the waters in Chandeleur Sound, La., Monday, May 3, 2010. Fish and wildlife are vulnerable to the oil spill resulting from the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)



A dead pelican is seen on Chandeleur Island, La., Monday, May 3, 2010.… Read more »
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

They wait for oil. But the sea brings death instead

Kitchen sink gloves at the ready, Jackye Carroll, 62, patrolled the white-sand beach of Pass Christian yesterday looking for any sign of animal distress from the oil slick lurking over the horizon. Her vigilance soon paid off, though she was hardly pleased: a dead loggerhead turtle by the edge of the surf.

"I have been living here for 20 years," says Ms Carroll. "And I have never seen a single dead turtle on the beach." Pulling on the gloves as she had been instructed after volunteering for turtle-watch duty the day before, she dragged the turtle, about two feet in length, up the sand to where it would be collected.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/they-wait-for-oil-but-the-sea-brings-death-instead-1961476.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. The canaries in the mineshaft are dying....

[instantkarma]

5. But the canaries were in their nests

They weren't sent into the water, they lived there.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. ....

There is increasing recognition that wild, domestic, and companion animals may act as "sentinels" for environmental health hazards by providing early warning of human health hazards in the environment. Animals can act as sentinels because they may be more susceptible or have greater exposure to a particular hazard compared to humans living nearby.

Wikipedia

[thewiseguy]

2. Updated the OP with two more pictures...

:(

[Angry Dragon]

3. I feel a sadness inside of me

and all the a**holes can say that their god did this. If that is the case then I reject them and their god

[lonestarnot]

8. Oh for shit sakes. Who's blaming God now?

[Angry Dragon]

13. Perry gov of Texas a couple of posts out there right now

[chill_wind]

14. He's an A-hole. It's a MAN-MADE disaster

and no amount of looney blather from him will erase the reality of that.

[Angry Dragon]

15. Perhaps he looks upon corporations as gods

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. He does.

[MajorChode]

21. ...and then some

[chill_wind]

4. Duers can do something (volunteer and donation links)

If nothing else but donate.

The Spill: What You Can Do

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8264959

[greencharlie]

37. thank you...

I just kicked in $50

[chill_wind]

39. greencharlie, that is wonderful!

:hug:

[progressoid]

50. Sadly, it will be us bleeding heart liberals that will again pay the price.

Environmentalists, volunteers, the Coast Guard, Local-State-Federal gov't, etc will clean this up for years while BP will fight tooth and nail to avoid paying for their mistake.

[amborin]

6. what humans do to other species on this planet is unconscionable

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Too true, too often

[corpseratemedia]

12. +1

my feelings exactly

What power do species who live in accord with nature have against monsters who won't?

[complain jane]

16. excellent post, perfect way to say it n/t

[Lorien]

51. Very true. And sadly there seems to be no signs of reversing that trend. nt

[one_voice]

9. Heartbreaking..

what's worse, this is just the beginning. :cry:

[Canuckistanian]

10. Unfortunately, none of them voted Republican

And were thus deemed expendable.

[flamingdem]

17. The RAPE OF NATURE is just beginning to be photographed nt

[QC]

18. Please try to be more pragmatic. n/t

[chollybocker]

20. ?

Are you talking to the fish, the bird, the man-o-war, or the turtle?

[QC]

22. As one of DU's greatest luminaries recently observed,

for the president to advocate more offshore drilling was a stroke of genius because only Republican areas would suffer from the inevitable spills and other catastrophes.

I thought it was the most vile thing I have ever seen anyone post on this site, and I have been here for a very long time, but such moral squalor is now praised around here as "pragmatic," which seems to be the highest compliment one can bestow on anything. Who cares about trifles like turtles and pelicans when our team has a chance to score a point?

Check my profile and you will see that this issue is somewhat personal for me.

[amborin]

25. "moral squalor"

exactly

[QC]

29. It's disgusting, isn't it? n/t

[amborin]

31. to think of the helpless wildlife that we're senselessly destroying is beyond disgusting

[QC]

32. But we're talking about red state wildlife! n/t

[amborin]

33. yep, that's when things reached a new low on this

web site

[QC]

34. If that was not a new low, it will do until the real thing comes along.

(That same poster also argued that we must avoid any possibility of a terrorist attack...{keep reading}...such a thing would be harmful to the president's popularity.

Yes, you read that right.)

[amborin]

36. yep

several of the paid staffers were saying that

(though quite a few had the day off yesterday)

[northernlights]

40. said poster has been notably absent of late

amazing to me, just amazing, how many here seem to think this is a all just a football or basketball game. Doesn't matter if all life is destroyed in the process, so long as the one scoring points wears your colors.

I live far from Florida, but it's very personal to me, too. It's one earth, one sea, one sky...gone

[QC]

42. Laying low is the decent thing to do,

after posting something so morally leprous as that.

[northernlights]

43. or one could wake up, grow, up, recognize the depravity...

or at least the dangers of hero-worshiping...and recant.

Laying low strikes me as a cowardly thing to do, as though it will all just "blow over." But perhaps that is what that poster is paid to do? Wouldn't surprise me...

[QC]

55. That would require a conscience. n/t

[amborin]

52. i'm not sure

now which one you're referring to, actually......

one had said something in the middle of a thread.....

another, who is definitely one of the ones on payroll, also said something to that effect in a special admiration area

[tosh]

53. Hello neighbor...

from St. Joe Bay. The smiley-waving-smiley seems inappropriate to me this week.

Great reply, btw.

[QC]

54. Thanks! It's always good to see home folks here.

I shudder to think what we are in for these next few weeks. We thought the cold spell was rough on the turtles over your way, but I think this will be worse.

[Pavulon]

19. Those turtles are critically endangered. They do NOT

need this. That is really sad. sea turtles really could use a break from humans.

[QC]

23. This is their nesting season, so there is the possibility of

major damage to the eggs. Some say the entire breeding year could be shot.

[Pavulon]

24. I really hope not.

i think the impact of this on animals and people is being wildly underestimated.

[QC]

26. Some of my favorite local characters here:

I can't imagine what this will do to them.

[Hissyspit]

27. kick nt

[Shell Beau]

30. This makes me want to cry. It is so disgusting.

These animals can't help themselves against this.

[Echo In Light]

38. Devo - It's A Beautiful World

http://www.videocure.com/video/31118.html

[amborin]

35. More birds in trouble, and Audubon & petition links:

Birds in Trouble

A number of species are prompting special concern, including the Brown Pelican — just removed from the Endangered Species List, and beach-nesting terns and gulls (Caspian Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Least Tern, Laughing Gull, Black Skimmer) and shorebirds (American Oystercatcher, Wilson's Plover, Snowy Plover).

The coastal Reddish Egret, large wading birds (Roseate Spoonbill, Ibises, Herons, Egrets), and marsh birds (Mottled Duck, Clapper Rail, Black Rail, Seaside Sparrow, Marsh-Dwelling Songbirds) are all threatened as well.

Already, ocean-dwelling birds may be affected, like the Magnificent Frigatebird, should they come in contact with the oil.

Migratory shorebirds (plovers, sandpipers and relatives) and migratory songbirds (warblers, orioles, buntings, flycatchers, swallows, and others) may find their landing places despoiled by oil.


petition:

https://secure3.convio.net/nasaud/site/Advocacy?page=UserActionInactive&id=823


http://www.audubonaction.org/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&SURVEY_ID=3400

[thereismore]

41. A Portuguese man-o-war dead? Good! It's a ferrin species anyway. nt

[Uncle Joe]

44. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, thewiseguy.

[Mohamed]

45. Drill, baby, drill!

Yeah!

[Mohamed]

46. Spill, baby, spill!

Yeah!

[Mohamed]

47. Oh

Yeah!

[Mohamed]

48. btw

Thanks for the insightful post.

[AuntPatsy]

49. No words..