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�Empowering, educating and entertaining for a plastic free & more sustainable Northern Suburbs
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�� Dharawal Country

12/11/2023

Nothing happy about finding abandoned birthday party balloons on the beach. I think the blue one is in a turtle ☠️ 🐢

10/11/2023

Posted • CMAST - NC State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology

Morehead City, NC – A live Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) was reported by beachgoers to the NC Marine Mammal Stranding Network in shallow water in Emerald Isle the afternoon of October 30, 2023 (pictured below). The NC Marine Mammal Stranding team arrived at the beach and confirmed the animal was a 10’ 9” (329 cm) long female calf and had expired.
Beaked whales are large, deep diving marine mammals. Little is known about Gervais’ beaked whale social structure and life history. Live sightings are unusual because the normal habitat for these animals is at the continental shelf edge and beyond, and they spend most of their time under water.
The dead stranded whale was removed from the surf. and transported to NC State University (NCSU) Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) where it was chilled overnight. It was necropsied by marine mammal scientists, veterinarians, and university students.
Approximately 125 marine mammals strand on NC beaches each year, including whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and manatees. There are many reasons that animals wash ashore. Some include natural causes such as infectious diseases, parasites, cancers, and starvation. Some causes are from human interactions including entanglement in fishing gear (active and ghost), ship and boat strikes, and ingestion of plastic. Unfortunately, this young female whale died due to ingestion of plastic (see balloon photo below).
The collaborative team examined every tissue of this young whale during the necropsy, and all appeared normal however a pentagonal Mylar balloon was found blocking the digestive tract. Murder by balloon! Hopefully whoever released the balloon enjoyed it for the 5 minutes they held it

31/10/2023

The human race is doomed 🤦‍♀️

21/10/2023

Another disappointing weekend of balloon releases in the Illawarra. At the otherwise great Culture Mix event missed the memo that balloons fall under the Single Use plastics management Policy for council events and handed out a million helium balloons to children. Were they provided with the guidelines they were meant to run a stall under? Maybe a signature of acknowledgement needs to be obtained from all stall holders? Given the windy day yesterday I’m wondering how many are now inside turtles and sea birds. Council put the oversight down as being made in the “Spirit of celebration”. It’s 2023. We need to teach the next generation that helium balloons and celebrations are not intertwined. We know helium balloons kill wildlife, a lot of it. Nothing to celebrate about that

14/10/2023

A disappointing day for equity for all Australians but at least our electorate Cunningham voted Yes. Great job to the hardworking Yes crew and team 🙏

13/10/2023

I think we can all agree what we’ve done in the past and what we’re doing now isn’t working. I don’t see a united nation. I see us and them in every statistic, in every comment section on social media, in every dodgy news story. I don’t see a Yes vote dividing us. We are divided. Equity will only be achieved when everyone has an equal voice. When 60,000 years of culture is allowed to be taken into account. A Yes vote may be confusing and confronting for some but it’s better to take a chance to achieve change than to continue on the same broken system. I’m Ngunnawal mob proudly voting Yes on Dharawal land tomorrow ❤️💛🖤 #❤️💛🖤

09/10/2023

Surprises in the mail 🩷🧡💛💚🩵💜 thanks

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