A dog walker came across a huge, mysterious bubble during a walk on the beach. Similar to a large mass of fat, the shape left many experts without a definitive explanation for what they saw.
Helen Marlow, 50, found the unimpressive audience on Marazion beach in Cornwall (England) while she and her husband were on vacation at the tourist spot.
In an interview with the British newspaper The Mirror, Helen described the blister as a white and apparently fleshy substance. According to him, seaweed and a white string were wrapped around the dough.
“I was walking a dog in the sand when I noticed a large white object in the sand. It looked like a white, fleshy-looking substance. It didn’t have definite features like arms and legs, but it looked like a mass. I couldn’t touch it, but I tried to move it with my boot, and while I was doing it, it was like a giant jelly. swayed a little,” he said.
The dog walker added, “It had seaweed wrapped around it, plus a long piece of white string, a little frayed in places. I was very curious and confused as to what exactly it was.”
Helen stated that the balloon was about five feet in diameter and about 30 to 40 cm thick. But according to the tourist, the object did not emit any odor and did not cause any damage to its shape.
Considering the circumstances and the situation, the woman believes that the mysterious object came from the sea.
“I couldn’t recognize it or compare it to anything I’d seen before. All I was sure of was that it was absolutely organic matter, and I assumed it came from the sea. I had absolutely no idea what it was. It was.”
Rob Deaville, an ocean life expert and project manager for Britain’s Marine Mammal Research Programme, who contacted The Mirror, said he suspected what the object was.
“To me, it looks like the fragmented remains of the stomach or intestinal tract. But the type is unfortunately unclear,” he said. “We often get reports of animal remains that wash up on beaches. Maybe it’s a large marine mammal species or possibly a shark. Even so, it’s hard to be sure this species isn’t showing up much at this time of year.”
After consulting with a group on social media, Helen received messages from users offering various theories about the object. She was convinced by someone who pointed out that the balloon could be a whale placenta or even a weather balloon.
Next, experts from the Marine Strandings Network, a group affiliated with the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, pointed out that the strange object could be part of the stomach or intestines of a rotting whale that died along the coast.
“Local marine biologists thought it might be a whale placenta, which could mean that a whale was born on this shore. But experts from the UK’s Marine Mammal Research Program (CSIP) determined that it was more likely to be an intestinal stomach of a whale,” explained marine conservationist Abby Crosby.
For Abby, this strange object may be another sign of the stranding of animals that are frequent in the area. “We frequently encounter marine mammals such as dolphins, whales and dolphins, and they unfortunately turn up dead on our beaches at various stages of decomposition. This was not an entirely unusual discovery, but it is a reminder that these animals live on our shores and could be stranded”.
source: Noticias
