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A giant dead whale wasting away on an island Down Under is alluring locals and even bandits, but the rotten smell of its decaying body is keeping many of them off.
One man who went to take a look at the whale said its decomposing blubber spoilt his sneakers, and other locals have noted that they could perceive the smelly stench even at a distance of 5 kilometers (3miles) as disclosed by news sources.
Pathogens on the moldering body of the whale are another reason to stay away from the area, according to the Australian Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning (DELWP) in Gippsland. In a nutshell, people should stay clear of the beach, most especially because hungry sharks could be diving around, with the hope to take a bite of the 16 meters (52-foot-long) beached sperm whale, according to the department.
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New research made everyday paints a dreadful picture of the state of our delicate ecosystem from deep-sea corals to land animals. A recent study reveals that nearly one-third of the diverse freshwater fish populations which amounts to 51% of the total known fish species are on the edge of extinction across the world.
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The World s Forgotten Fishes
The shocking number comes from the latest analysis done and gathered by 16 global conservation organizations in a study titled The World s Forgotten Fishes .
The analysis was led by the World Wildlife Fund For Nature (WWF), and partnering with organizations like the Nature Conservancy, London Zoological Society (ZSL), Global Wildlife Conservation, and Alliance for Freshwater Life.
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According to the new experiment carried out in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, the process by which the songs of Fin whales resound back from the ocean floor could become a useful mechanism for researchers examining the sediment and rock that make up the Earth s crust.
These songs are some of the strongest and most extensive vocalizations in the ocean, and with thousands of fin whales widen across the planet, the songs could adjoin with existing scans or fill in gaps where it s even more dangerous to use conventional air gun approach to marine life.
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