tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post2399453222978989533..comments2024-02-04T20:25:58.971-08:00Comments on How's Robb?: Sunday UpdateLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21900544.post-78532691485274477622009-11-02T12:35:26.440-08:002009-11-02T12:35:26.440-08:00I remember seeing something on TV once about a guy...I remember seeing something on TV once about a guy whose brain seemed to be wired more towards common sense than most people. He actually made the connection that animals in the water end up collecting the spilled oil onto their fur and feathers far more than any other material in the water at the time of the oil spill. <br /><br />So he invented big rolls of thin cloth (gauze, I think) filled with (what else?) hair and feathers he collected on the weekends from hair salons and chicken processing plants. He hand sewed the materials inside big tubes of cloth, and would go out to oil spill sites in a little canoe and place these rolls around the slicks, thereby preventing the oil from spreading, and containing the affected area. <br /><br />The animals in the area were easier to protect, because the oil didnt have a chance to spread as far. I thought this was a brilliant idea, and, while not stopping the spillage, he was able to prevent a lot of animal and environmental contamination. I wish I could remember his name.<br /><br />Get Robb to invent a similar way to get the oil off the birdies, and you both will be in hog heaven, or bird heaven, eh? Maybe something more like a "felted wool or hair pad" could be used to get most of the oil off a bird, instead of the tedious hand applied soap method?<br /><br />AnnalisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com