Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Hold your nose and don’t stop for a selfie: why getting up close to a beached whale is a really bad idea

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Samuel Cornell, Honorary Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland; UNSW Sydney

The beaches of Sydney’s Royal National Park have been disrupted by a pungent odour. And its source is drawing in more than just seagulls.

A 25-tonne sperm whale is rotting on the rock platform of Era Beach. This spectacular sight is drawing in curious spectators and hungry predators.

The humans are keen for a photo op. The predators are drawn by the potential meal.

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