‘Putrid’ stench of rotting whale carcass on Australian beach leaves locals retching
by Justine Landis-Hanley from on (#5F7ZH)
Natural process' of decomposing blubber can be smelled up to 6km away on Phillip Island
A dead whale carcass beached at Phillip Island, south of Melbourne, is quickly decomposing, leaving locals retching over the putrid smell and rotting blubber.
The sperm whale, measuring more than 16 metres, washed up on Forrest Caves beach last Saturday.
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