It’s not often you see the terms “Biden” and “mysterious white blob” in the same sentence, but sometimes you just have to wonder. Newfoundland, Candad, of course, is about a thousand miles from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, as the crow flies. But mysterious white blobs are indeed washing up on beaches in Newfoundland, which has us scratching our heads and wondering exactly where the president is at the moment.
That’s assuming he even knows himself, of course.
But back to the mysterious white blobs:
Environmental authorities in Canada are trying to solve the mystery of unidentified white blobs that have been washing up on Newfoundland beaches.
The white masses, which range in size from a coin to a dinner plate, started showing up on area beaches in September, and locals shared photos of the unidentified objects in the Beachcombers of Newfoundland and Labrador Facebook group.
Some suggested the blobs could be ambergris or another fluid originating from a whale, but opinions are split.
“Another fluid?” Another amorphous, blob-forming white fluid? From a whale? I think we can just let this line of speculation stop right there.
Whatever the stuff is, it reportedly has the consistency of Play-Doh, and it has our friends in the Great White North trying to figure out from whence it came.
So, now we have something in common with Canada, that being the presence of amorphous white blobs on our beaches. In Canada, the blobs are found in Newfoundland, whereas in the United States, they are found in Delaware. We can be pretty sure of what the blob on Rehoboth Beach is, but the blobs in Newfoundland still have scientists
blobergasted.
Environment and Climate Change Canada officials said to CBS News the “mystery substance” is under investigation.
“An answer would be nice. It’s not often you find something that stumps people who know this place and these waters,” resident Dave McGrath told The Guardian.
To be serious for a moment: Speaking as a biologist – and bear in mind I’m speculating – I suspect this is something left over from some sea creature, probably a whale, that has been dead for a while. This wasn’t really my area of study when I was taking my undergraduate degree, as my thing was field zoology and behavior, but it seems that (and I apologize for being rather graphic) that if a whale carcass was decomposing, say in shallow water, that as it disintegrates and as smaller critters feed on it, chunks of decomposing blubber may come loose and drift, and may look a lot like this.
The authorities in Newfoundland seem to have “environmental authorities” examining the material. They may be well-advised to call in a marine biologist instead.
Oh, and can someone look to see where the president is at the moment?
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Nature is big. The oceans are big. There’s just so much we don’t know, and it’s interesting, now and then, when something new like this pops up that has scientists and “environmental officials” scratching their heads and wondering just what the heck this stuff is. Sooner or later, whether we learn of the origins of these amorphous white blobs or not, they’ll probably eventually stop drifting up on Newfoundland beaches.
The amorphous white blob in Delaware may be around for a while yet.
