Thousands of people are cutting off their hair and donating it to help soak up an oil spill in Venezuela that is so large it can be seen from space

• Thousands of people, and their dogs, have donated hair to help clean up Lake Maracaibo.
• Environmentalists will weave nets out of the hair to stop the oil slicks from spreading.
• The tried-and-true method has been an effective oil clean-up tool for decades.

Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo has been polluted with so much crude oil over the years that it can be seen from space.

Now, a young environmentalist is trying to change that — by asking volunteers to donate their hair to soak up the oil, The Washington Post reported.