{
  "id": 16008650,
  "title": "Whale carcass closes Maroubra and Coogee beaches in Sydney – video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/whale-carcass-closes-maroubra-and-coogee-beaches-in-sydney-video",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T05:38:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/oct/22/whale-carcass-closes-maroubra-and-coogee-beaches-in-sydney-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Video released by Randwick city council shows a whale carcass floating in the water in a Sydney bay, causing the closure of two busy beaches. The whale's decomposed body was found on Thursday morning at Lurline Bay, a rocky cove surrounded by cliffs in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. It’s believed to be a juvenile humpback ‘Almost looks fake’: two Sydney beaches closed after whale carcass washes up…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}