{"id":403509,"date":"2026-04-29T16:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/403509\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:23:09","slug":"blobs-of-fat-and-the-smell-of-rotting-garbage-at-an-idyllic-sydney-beach-a-25-tonne-sperm-whale-slowly-disintegrates-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/403509\/","title":{"rendered":"Blobs of fat and the smell of rotting garbage: at an idyllic Sydney beach, a 25-tonne sperm whale slowly disintegrates &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxQcVBHQ2dVa3UzcXdFNS1rTE5SS1ZIdElJS2c1dTRBbU9vS1RqWnlzMVQ2VTVOOTBKcFdyRXFYangyMnp6RG5xT2lNTGxSQXVjLXZ4SmJHWFZSMjBKZ0tvd0FyRGdndThLNWxyMTEzWldKdDY1ajNMeEFxNGhxTVpZQ2poRW1oV2hUSW1FMXY4MG1RUkRWU3dZSG5uNXAyZlRnaWlNdk04V2djb3VIbUhQRzh1eXdTWTNxNGdJcTJ0QXM5WDRnUlNjZ1ZZNFZCRnkwMkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beaches at Sydney&#8217;s Royal National Park close after dead whale brings &#8216;significant&#8217; shark activity<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOam85dURyZnRyUVFDOXZWaTRQT3BNVFBqUk9vRk5Ic2M1ZF9KWW5mWlNhRzlvd1p4QVZ0QkRJcVVBX3BidkNfT3MtQndTWXJTUnVZWnNtblVINndyMDQwdHNpMW5USmVyT2xfbVcxU0ctTkJyLXZERFlrX2JFV3dYVmhDSEJtakxrM2lOMGRqbXJxWm0xbEJuZHJrdG5JanM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shark-attracting whale carcass to close Sydney beaches for days<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blobs of fat and the smell of rotting garbage: at an idyllic Sydney beach, a 25-tonne sperm whale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-403509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}