Similarities Of Penguins And Penguins In Oil Spills

Do you know what it's like to be a penguin in an oil spill? In both stories it tells how penguins are going threw an oil spill and they have to be taken from their home and treated. Penguins in Africa and Penguins in Phillip island have many similarities and differences such as oil spills and sweaters . Penguins in Africa and Phillips island have many similarities such as they're both going threw a harsh oil spill that is affecting their home and there health. An example is “As you come to the surface for air, the water feels unfamiliar. It is too thick, it burns your eyes you try to swim away but your wings suddenly have become too heavy to lift”(Tarshis 16). Based on this evidence I know that the penguins in africa have had

Penguins in Africa went threw a hard time in the oil spill so they tried to get out of the oil spill and people helped rescue them and get them help. An example is “A woman pours vegetable oil over you to loosen the caked on oil. She washes you with a mild soap and warm water, her gentle hands scrubbing your body inch by inch. She carefully cleans your eyes and ears with a toothbrush”(Tarshis 18). This confirms that the woman is helping clean up the penguins from the oil and keep them healthy so they can soon go back to their home because the woman is cleaning them with a toothbrush and washing them to keep them safe and not harmed. Penguins from phillips island have sweater to keep them protected from the cold and keeping them from preening. I know because the text says “ But amazingly, the sweaters did the trick, warming the penguins and keeping them from preening. This brought workers time to carefully clean the oil from each bird, overtime the bird grew strong and healthy. This is significant because the sweater the people made to protect the birds actually worked now the birds are warm and not freezing from the oil that is making their fur