Exxon: Animals impacted by Arkansas oil spill are "Primarily Venomous Snakes"

[limpyhobbler]

Roughly two weeks after Exxon's Pegasus pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Ark., spilling an estimated 84,000 gallons of crude into residential streets, the oil company has announced that the animals most impacted by the disaster are venomous snakes.

"Approximately 182 live animals have been captured to date," Exxon said in a written update from its Mayflower information center. "Fourteen animals of various species have been released and approximately 27 are still being cleaned. The majority of the impacted wildlife has been reptiles, primarily venomous snakes."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/13/exxon-arkansas-spill_n_3076493.html

[Helen Reddy]

1. As though.

Lia liar pants on fire.

Is this the best their PR department could come up with?

[shenmue]

2. Yeah

Doesn't pass the laugh test.

[whathehell]

11. They could probably add cockroaches & mosquitoes just to make sure they "cover all bases",

if you will.

[kristopher]

3. Translation

"During tour of site by local political figures and Exxon officials, the boat capsized in shallow water. No injuries were reported but all members of the party were throughly covered with extremely difficult to remove, toxic dilbit."

[Divernan]

4. He's talking about Exxon board members, right?

We know venomous snakes were affected, but the impact on the board members of ExxonMobil is not the issue. What about the wildlife?

Note, there is no mention of how many dead animals were disposed of.

[Helen Reddy]

5. Another translation,

"No stockholders will lose revenue during this latest oil spill."

Keep those subsidies coming you stooopid taxpayer you.

[whathehell]

10. LOL!

Right on target.

[Progressive dog]

6. Is this a joke reference to the Exxon executives? nt

[Triana]

7. Exxon-Mobil are "primarily venomous snakes"

obviously.

[n2doc]

8. So they are admitting that their bought-off Politicians are at risk?

Honesty at last.

[procon]

9. What a patently ridiculous lie!

This is BS!

An ecosystem that consists of "primarily venomous snakes" cannot exist in nature. Even reptiles require a food source, and that would mean there is a corresponding -- and far larger -- population of small mammals that enable snakes to thrive. And if small mammals are in abundance then the habitat likely supports larger mammals, which in turn would attract other predators ... in other words, like similar areas, the whole interlinked bio-system is at risk due to this toxic tar mess.

[rurallib]

12. Is that Exxonese for "Exxon executives?"

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Maybe we should do a strategic oil spill on Wall Street?

[Swede Atlanta]

14. Even if this was true (which we all know is not the case)......

Venomous snakes are still part of the eco-system. They serve a purpose in the eco-system and their loss should be as concerning as the loss of say birds, rabbits, etc.

The audacity of Exxon to try to pretend their spill is not harming the eco-system is appalling. But this is business in the 21st century.

[Botany]

15. Pure bull shit

Ecologist here ..... if you poison the environment so as to hurt "the venomous snakes"
you will also hurt other flora and fauna too.

Such as gophers, rabbits, ground nesting owls, native pollinators, frogs, toads,
dragon flies, plants and so on ..... the press spokesman should have vetted his
statement before speaking such stupid crap.

[wandy]

16. Following the example of St. Patric, Exxon drives the snakes from Arkansas. Right.