{"id":557439,"date":"2026-04-29T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/557439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:48:09","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\/uk\/557439\/","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\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOcXFQcWVqeXpJS3hxMWNYdUZxWVZUZXc0Mzh2cmJSWkxkTmN4dnFzQUpIQndwZUNjVHFvVy0teUpVM0NyUjlfdXhfYkExMEFBNzJvT2NyOV9vLWpHbk1VZGtxQi1lYVNMUnkzZjhNODRta0hyY3BFSVU2V242M0tITkItRVhBeHhHNjRZQ2ZWaXNpRVlhTlFuUXhwQmRwX2IxYXIzN1dnOEg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Whale carcass attracts sharks close to shore off Dawesville<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;97.3 Coast FM<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPczlyMVB4TFI4M3lqRDFBbktTUFJLXzc1ZEc5OXQ3T19xaXM1T3RneVhrOTdkeDVQbmNtTkdTZjAwMmFtRTRVdERiUV9GMDhqdkV4eHBUNnZla2xjeXRhUF8zdnp5TWdNbVNTX3g3SzdQUmtzRG5pYUlES2dBOGhmOGstZHFsLTQ5N1dNZkpQWXl0R0c5WVpyb1cxeGRqRzNKQkM2M05zckVERWllTk9nbWlsUEw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;What a unit&#8217;: Wollongong fisherman&#8217;s close encounter with 6m great white shark<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Illawarra Mercury<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPVlV6dWh1VVFrZnQ0OEpCejZLV3A5R2pGandDLU5UaDFUaFQ4Y2hBTmpoQUUzSFhGUHpBMWpXYmRwSlZEaHRzVlFiOU53MkhYSjJhM0x3Xy1sRGZQZXJpNEo5RHc1QmdSdWFQX2JCVkN5U1VaMkJCblJPM0RGa2J5MWFRUDdGLVJBb25sU2FIYWVuUzVQTHg0T3NoTURoa1Y3cmxmUkFMd2tSVUxFLTJfNHZCTWFyWWk4YlhMR0xn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Discovery outside helicopter window prompts major shark warning off Aussie coast<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Australia<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTFBoNWJkaWdtMS1PUVgtOE9VNlFIR05kR05Velc0R21ucmVSRVU5d2JGZ29XazVwdnRJUEFnaVlUSnJqZ3FpWm1oQjNiRTV6X3ZDUnE2aEQ1Tk5GdmpWai1tcnBWdnVoeE9fRVpZMm1IakE3aU9BeW5rVw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australian beaches shut as sharks feed on whale carcass<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Taipei Times<\/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":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-557439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}