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as we do now about how to care for these birds. >> let's let this pelican -- he's a little nervous, poor guy. we'll take him away and we're going to bring in another type of pelican that has been a lot of concern. what type soft pelican is this? >> this is a wading bird. he's moving his bill across the table. that's how hay feed. they go into marshy areas and move their bills back and north the sediment and the water, and again there's a risk as the oil moves inshore this bird will ingest some of that. >> how much is the concern they're only getting a fraction of the oiled birds, only a fraction of the birds that are eati ining the oily crustaceans? >> that is a concern. right now we don't have any idea. you mentioned the animals brought in, but are we catching 1 in 5, 1 in 25, 1 in 50? we don't know. >> that's the roseiette spoon bill pelican. these little guys, crocodiles. people think of alligators down