Less Than 1% Of Oil-soaked Birds Survive

Less Than 1% of Oil-Soaked Birds Survive

"According to serious studies, the middle-term survival rate of oil-soaked birds is under 1 percent," says Silvia Gaus, a biologist at the Wattenmeer National Park along the North Sea in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

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