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When oil tanker ships spill their oil in the ocean because of human carelessness, the spilled oil gets onto the brids' feathers and prevents them from flying. When the birds can't fly, they can't eat, so they die. Therefore, sea birds pay the price (their lives) for human carelessness.
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