Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“White blobs have been washing up on the beaches of Newfoundland recently, sparking an investigation by Canadian officials. They have been described by resident Stan Tobin as doughy )’like someone had tried to bake bread and done a lousy job’) with an odour reminiscent of vegetable oil. Beachcombers on the southern tip of the Canadian province began reporting the strange substance around early September. The BBC has reached out to Ottawa officials for comment, but has not received a response. Photos of the substance began cropping up on a beachcombers group online, prompting speculation that it was fungus or mold, palm oil, paraffin wax or even ambergris — a rare and valuable substance produced by whales and used in the perfume industry. One poster suggested it looked like dough used to make ‘Toutons’ – a regional dish of dough often fried in pork fat.” (10/12/24)