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Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 06:31:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: {Desi_Pardesi} Floating 'Alien' Orb Spotted by Fisherman Off
Australian Coast
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View photosFloating 'Alien' Orb Spotted by Fisherman Off Australian
CoastMoreA huge, floating orb — one that looks more like an alien
object than anything typically found in the ocean — left a fisherman
perplexed when he came across it in the waters off the coast of
Australia. But despite its strange appearance, the bobbing monstrosity
has an earthly explanation: Researchers said it's a bloated whale
carcass.Fisherman Mark Watkins spotted the ballooned carcass about 30
miles (50 kilometers) southwest of Bunbury, Australia. Watkins said he
thought it could be another boat or a balloon, but as he got closer to
the orb, a pungent odor revealed the object's true identity:whale.The
species of the whale was not officially identified, but the texture of
its belly suggests it was most likely a humpback or southern right
whale, reported Mother Nature Network. [7 Things Most Often Mistaken
for UFOs]And though whale carcasses may seem like an unusual sight,
they are a challenging problem. Marine biologist Andrew David Thaler
told National Geographic in 2014 that the bloat of a dead, beached
whale comes from pent up gas released as the animal's internal organs
and stomach contents decompose. (Thaler created the website Has the
Whale Exploded Yet? to update people on the status of a 375,000-lb.,
or 170,000 kilograms, beached blue whale in Newfoundland, Canada.)
When jostled or manipulated, a whale carcass can explode, spewing
whale guts and emitting a punishing smell."Imagine a jar of bacon
grease that you leave out in the sun for weeks. Now imagine that odor
is so potent that it clings to everything you own. … Decomposing whale
is one of the worst smells in the world," Thaler told National
Geographic.Beached whales do pose a threat to coastal communities. In
2014, an unusually high number of Newfoundland blue whales died and
washed ashore, including the specimen Thaler was monitoring, after
being trapped in shifting ice patches. If ice shifts in such a way
that whales can't surface, the animals are unable to breathe and they
can suffocate,reported CTV News. One or two animals are typically
trapped in this way each year, but the nine whales that washed up on
the Newfoundland coast in the spring of 2014 made for a particularly
dramatic year, according to CTV News.Thaler said the best option in
the event of a beaching is to bury the carcass on site and leave it to
decompose.But whale deaths in the ocean, like what Watkins observed,
result in a much more natural process. Thaler said scavengers aren't
usually able to puncture the whale's thick skin and blubber when the
carcass is floating in the sea, and eventually the body will naturally
deflate and sink, intact, to the seafloor.These events, known as
"whalefalls," provide a staggering amount of resources for deep-sea
creatures, and entire aquatic communities can thrive on the food a
carcass provides, Thaler told National Geographic. The breakdown of a
dead whale can take up to 30 years, he added. Kanwar Jit Singh
Hitech Machines,
A-17,Vishnu Garden
New Delhi-110018, India
www.hitechindia.com
Mobile: 09891090790
Skype: hitechkj
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