Oil spills can threaten marine life in ways that most people are unaware of. First, marine animals that ingest oil can get poisoned. Some of these creatures die but others can get their digestive system and organs affected because of the ingestion of oil. This can affect the food chain because if bigger animals eat smaller animals that are poisoned this bigger animals get poisoned as well, because like it says, it’s a chain. Second, it destroys the habitat many organisms, from the minutest organisms to the biggest. This not only happens inshore but also offshore because the oil eventually ends up in the coast covering rocks and algae. And third it affects the reproduction of animals and hypothetically speaking, it affecting humans as well. Oil is pernicious to eggs of fishes, sea turtles, mollusks and many other creatures. This has an immense impact in the fishery because if it reduces species such as salmons, crabs, octopus, shrimps, tuna fish and many more that are used for human food.
This are some of the many detrimental effects oils spill has on marine life and when this happens is a situation that needs to be taken to action immediately. It is not certain of the duration of the effects from oils spills but it is certain that it will affect for many years to come, not only the marine life but to humans as well.
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