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Oil coating seabird feathers reduces waterproofing and buoyancy, making it harder for birds to stay afloat, fly, and hunt, and oil can damage seabird eggs causing them not to hatch or to produce deformed offspring.
reported by one outlet so far · Asserted cause · first recorded Sep 18, 4:30 PM
How each outlet reported it
Deutsche WelleCenter · Sep 18, 4:01 PM
Oil damages seabird eggs, causing them not to hatch or be born with deformities.
Details: damages eggs; prevents hatching; causes deformities
Deutsche WelleCenter · Sep 18, 4:01 PM
Oil coats seabird feathers, reducing waterproofing and buoyancy, making it harder to stay afloat, fly, and hunt.
Details: coats feathers; reduces waterproofing; reduces buoyancy