the substance came from and if it has any connection at all to last week s oil spill in santa barbara. joining me now, conservation biologist reese halter. good to see you. good morning. what s the likelihood that these goo tar balls are connected to santa barbara. not likely. it takes at least 30 days jose for the oil to turn into tar. this much we do know about this tar. first of all, 30 cubic yards or 11 pickup trucks and counting of toxicity. this toxicity carries potentially the vibrio bacteria that gives, if you re cut and get it on you, you can suffer from ceptasemia. this toxicity carries with it the flesh eating disease. so this is another example of what s going on in our oceans.