. . . just keep away from mystery balls. How hard is that?
Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain faecal bacteria
bbc | 01/20/2025 | Kelly NgIt urged anyone who spotted the balls not to handle them and to contact authorities.
Besides the acids and bacteria, the balls also contained volcanic rock pumice.
The first batch of debris in October were at first mistakenly called “tar balls” but were later found to contain everything from cooking oil and soap scum molecules, to blood pressure medication, pesticides, hair, methamphetamine and veterinary drugs.
Sydney Water has reported that its water treatment plants are operating normally and that there were no known issues with waste systems in the city.
Leave the floatie balls alone! And don’t touch any sea cucumbers (nudibranchs) that might accompany them! This applies especially to Interns who are historically attracted to fancy balls and aggressive cucumbers on the beach. If you see a nudibranch misbehaving with balls and Interns on the beach, call your local marine biologist or Walrus. He’ll know what to do.
Good sound advice.
Even Aussie balls want to kill you.
Everything in Australia is only there to kill you…