Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images One time when I was at the beach, I accidentally discovered balls of oil near the sand. At the time, I thought it was terrible. But it could have been so much worse.

A lead investigator described them as having a “disgusting smell - worse than anything you’ve ever smelt.” The appearance of these toxic balls led to the closure of eight beaches across Sydney, including the iconic Bondi Beach,

A few weeks back, 'mysterious black balls' washed up on Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia and at the time it was evident they were made from what appeared

Scientists have solved the mystery of sticky black balls that began washing on beaches in Sydney, Australia last month. Thousands of the strange balls first began appearing in mid-October, including at the city's famous Bondi Beach,

On Oct. 15 strange debris shaped like black balls began appearing on Coogee beach in Sydney, Australia. The black balls were initially not identified, and the local city council initially believed that the balls were the result of an oil spill or seepage.

Oh, crap! Thousands of mysterious black balls that washed ashore and closed a stretch of popular Australian beaches last month were discovered to be mini blobs of poop. Initially believed to be made of tar,

The mysterious debris, initially thought to be tar balls, began appearing on beaches in Sydney last month The composition of the mysterious balls that washed up on the shores of Australia last month has been revealed — and scientists say the truth is "much more disgusting" than they initially thought.