{"id":645389,"date":"2026-05-02T18:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T18:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645389\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T18:10:18","slug":"bellambi-bloodbath-as-clumsy-whale-removal-attracts-sharks-strands-boats-on-water-illawarra-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645389\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellambi bloodbath as clumsy whale removal attracts sharks, strands boats on water &#8211; Illawarra Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxOajk1UmVVdVpNamNMT01fa09MNG0wSHNHTHRRTThidHA1bklKRC1NZXVqbVhnbDh5SHM0MUxMdjhKODc1UWxtUzA5QUhPTmUxQW9yQzBheC0xZkl6d3F6R0p5dUt6d2RmWUNmdVNYT0NUY1U0YjdwNThodzlVdFVCblhUSGhVOVgwYTFIR2ZjcDNBRzg1cEo5LWZLc2FPNzZTYWVTeUlMcjFRUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bellambi bloodbath as clumsy whale removal attracts sharks, strands boats on water<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Illawarra Mercury<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxOazdhSVBLNTM5NDdVV2E1ME5yZkNOeTdqbzZmNEV2dlpZZmpJcEpvZzB0UWxGNnN5bjRSQVZMN0MxU3huZVFzbTVRWDlXbWNIdWw2NGVlRzB0RXdEVEtSbHg0cTEzR1dWdmNaZlVaRXQ4a0ZNdzNnZTVDb0J5RDdLeGdiZ19YZWxGZTFIaEVTUmY5aHJhWW11bVRPeFlNTVBWcEtGZXgwQnBzSTNtOGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beaches evacuated as sharks swarm towards 25-tonne whale carcass<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxOYzhSQ0xpYnVhd2VGWlVaTXFOM3NQeXFYenNpN3gweUp4NjVOZ0lxdlBoaXFWZEh6T2ZKbUo4czU5REVvRkNHZi1sMGVGem9VVjlfcGtJb2tVaFVQZ3c1QTdLd2w2Wk9hY2dBc1JVUURyMXNpOEFuSWg2QmNJd29mSkpna0ZXMnpMMmtwY2hmSzRzMHFQangxQ0RQdGRObXdxVE1aMWRsc3phOGFXdUxJR1BOMVhFZW1QQnI4STdSVXBnZ0dPb0hmOWVOcTF5SVFVQjNfTXpabmFyWENtZHVyeFZNR0dSZlV5anEzbGJfcU0zOG1NUXdoNFdzdUs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blobs of fat and the smell of rotting garbage: at an idyllic Sydney beach, a 25-tonne sperm whale slowly disintegrates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxObFliQktBOVptY3F4U0hzUjhYNjBiOXctc3BtZEdHeGROTnpyLXVVeE5lTlpiNHFia3hkX0tHdENINml4ejMtUlN4ZzBRYnZPS3FrZ2VDeE1TQWQ2N0dxZU9zbkVrY1BPeEN5RXlUVzM2M2NncjY1ZmV0eWl2SnNzX1p1ZGZXVXpncFRlakgtUExSY1lyX2ZmOHBxOTFjOTNpYzVnMmUwMDQyR1RuTW54NHM0UnBIUlN3blBBTFRNMTI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rotting whale towed from beach as shark warning issues along NSW coast<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxPcGNLV0NOd2d3bG5XNEN2a1RjNEJDUjItdGJkVkpERHpXQXNZcDNBakxhbjJZdWx3WHd3bk5uUDJXVm9zdFM4Zm0yQWVjUlZtck1uUU15WUt4U2JTZGdQeEdLTHcxckRpUERybjJxYmpEVkVIa3dDTW43bmZFWUlDYndZU1ZEcVNjMnM1dmhCTG14THZRRU4wd3o4WjZGYWR5Y29yZWNYS2FBT09ucXlvX0FnRGo2dnlwN3NxbHVQSThFSzZVbWx5YUkxN0FXWU9uQy00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hold your nose and don\u2019t stop for a selfie: why getting up close to a beached whale is a really bad idea<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bellambi bloodbath as clumsy whale removal attracts sharks, strands boats on water&nbsp;&nbsp;Illawarra MercuryBeaches evacuated as sharks swarm towards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-645389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}