bane

What is really happening to wildlife when an event like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico happens?
Some "5,000 barrels of oil a day (210,000 gallons) are leaking into the Gulf of Mexico"!

Think about it.
What happens when (some part of) you come into contact with dirt?
You have tissue paper, water and maybe soap/handwash to get that off.

What about the birds?

I really think we need to do something about earth to try and delay the end of all life.
Man, the greatest bane of all life.
No?