Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, from Treehugger.com – Bird Washing Machine Removes Oil in 7 Minutes, by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California: “It’s no question that animals – particularly birds – are being severely impacted by the Deepwater oil leak. The oil has already reached shorelines, and marine birds are getting coated. Last week, David asked how a bird covered in oil gets cleaned. Turns out, it’s a painstaking and time consuming process that can seriously stress out birds. But what if we could just stick birds in a washing machine that cleans them in only seven minutes? A major oil company took the liberty of creating just such a machine – check out the video…”