If You See One Of These Things On The Beach, Keep Your Dog As Far Away As Possible.

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[Music]
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[Applause]
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A woman on the English coast was taking
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her dog for a walk on the beach when
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suddenly he started pulling at the
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leash. Clearly, something had caught his
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attention. Finally, the woman saw what
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was making her dog so excited. It was a
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chunky white lump that gave off a
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powerful aroma. At first, she thought it
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was a jellyfish, but then she looked
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closer and recoiled in
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horror. A woman in England recently
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found this strange white substance
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washed up on the beach. It looked like
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some kind of jellyfish. But the truth
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was even weirder. It was a lump of solid
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fat. So-called fatburggs are becoming
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increasingly common and they're
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indicators of a much bigger problem. The
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white deposits are formed when dirty
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cooking oil combines with trash and
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solidifies in the sewer system. When
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these lumps make it from the sewer into
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the open ocean, they eventually wash up
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on shore. It's not just gross, they're
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highly toxic and can be harmful to dogs.
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Prolonged exposure is dangerous to
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humans as well since these fatbergs
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carry countless
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bacteria. They're not just causing
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problems on the beaches either. City
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workers in London have identified them
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as the cause of massive plumbing
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problems all over the
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city. The largest reported fatburgg was
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found in the London sewer system and
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weighed 15 tons. A lot of that mess was
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from non-degradable wet wipes, too.
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Gross. Let this be a lesson to dispose
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of your used cooking oil responsibly and
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cut down on the wet wipes. Just use
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toilet paper like the rest of us.

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