Mysterious white blobs washing up in Newfoundland have government scientists, residents baffled
Mysterious white blobs washing up in Newfoundland have government scientists, residents baffled
The source of the gelatinous globs of goop found on the shores of Placentia Bay have people guessing, with hypotheses ranging from invasive species, to Petroleum discharge, to whale boogers
The people of Newfoundland post all kinds of photos online of the captivating things they find washed up along the island's 17,000 kilometres of coastline. Most of the time it's run-of-the-mill flotsam from the Atlantic. Random boat parts. A giant fish head. Sea glass. Lots of sea glass.
Then the white blobs showed up -- a mystery that has been baffling government scientists for weeks.
Philip Grace was the first to post a photograph of the lumpy gelatinous goop (sorry, Gwyneth) scattered over the pebbly beach in Ship Harbour, a community in southern Newfoundland.
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