Word: sitka
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...otters have been brought to a makeshift field hospital in Valdez. They were nearly frozen because a coat of oil had destroyed the insulating ability of their fur; 42 have died. Animals dead on arrival steadily filled up a white refrigerated truck trailer parked nearby. A black-tailed Sitka deer carcass stuck out of a 32-gal. garbage can, and dozens of otters lay in a pile, covered with plastic. Uncounted other victims will never be retrieved. A preliminary beach survey indicated an average of 80 oil-coated ducks and other kinds of birds per 100 meters. Bald eagles have...
Ecologists Gordon Orians and David Rhoades believe they discovered arboreal conversations while studying the depredations of western tent caterpillars and fall webworms on Sitka willows. As expected, the researchers found that the leaf chemistry of victimized trees changed to make them less palatable and even harmful to bugs. Curiously, the same natural defense was also invoked by nearby trees not under attack...