{"id":5503,"date":"2024-10-25T00:29:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T00:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=5503"},"modified":"2024-10-25T00:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T00:29:59","slug":"weird-white-blobs-are-taking-over-some-canadian-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=5503","title":{"rendered":"Weird White Blobs Are Taking Over Some Canadian Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s a long history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/article\/76883\/11-weird-things-have-washed-ashore\">weird things<\/a> washing up on shores worldwide, from a bag of severed human hands in Russia to LEGO bricks in the UK. Now, Canadians are finding strange white blobs across their beaches\u2014and scientists don\u2019t know what to make of them.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious chunks began showing up on the shores of Newfoundland in eastern Canada. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/white-blobs-washing-up-newfoundland-mystery-substance-on-beaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>, beachgoers started reporting the substance in early September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Canadian officials have launched an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cg56pqdedz6o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigation<\/a> into the strange situation. They have determined that the white blobs are \u201cplant-based,\u201d but nothing else is known about them as of this writing. Although government officials have surveyed the material numerous times, Environment and Climate Change Canada told the BBC that more research needs to be done to determine what they\u2019re dealing with.<\/p>\n<p>Several residents have taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/oct\/15\/mysterious-white-blobs-canada-beaches-experts-marine-scientists\">social media<\/a> to try to find answers. A man named Philip Grace shared some pictures of the white substance in a Facebook group with over 40,000 members who traverse Newfoundland\u2019s shores. Grace posted that the blobs range in size from \u201cdinner plate right down to a toonie [a two-dollar coin in Canada]\u201d and looked like a touton, a fried regional pancake. Another Canadian, Dave McGrath, took the liberty of poking two white blobs with a stick, saying they were \u201cspongy and firm inside.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others have speculated the substance could be whale sperm, sea sponges, ship discharge, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/paraffin-wax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paraffin wax <\/a>(a soft and solid wax). Some also believed the white blobs could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/discover\/what-is-ambergris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambergris<\/a>, which comes from sperm whales. But federal scientists have ruled out these guesses. To get any solid answers, researchers must perform a series of tests on the white blobs, which may take months to complete and analyze.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that at least we know the beaches aren\u2019t covered in whale sperm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More About The Ocean:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">manual<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nFuente: https:\/\/ift.tt\/a2y1mzV<br \/>\nPublicado: October 24, 2024 at 10:50AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a long history of weird things washing up on shores worldwide, from a bag of severed human hands in Russia to LEGO bricks in the UK. Now, Canadians are finding strange white blobs across their beaches\u2014and scientists don\u2019t know what to make of them. 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