‘The Wanderers’ wonder: Will whale burial attract sharks to NYC waters???

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The dead whale that surfaced in the waters off Great Kills Park has been buried on the shoreline.

But will the decomposing corpse attract sharks to our waters?

That’s the theory, that the predators will be drawn by the gassy smell of the rotting whale.

But it turns out that that’s a bit of a myth.

Well, no matter. ‘The Wanderers’ visited the area of the whale graveyard for a Facebook Live broadcast anyway.

A dead humpback whale was seen on the shoreline at Great Kills Park on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. The carcass was first spotted in the waters off of the park on Friday, prompting a large emergency response and many curious Staten Islanders. (Courtesy of Mark Grunlund)

We also talked about how New York City public school teachers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by this coming Monday. There’s still resistance to that stricture out there.

And, hey, are you looking forward to the new season of “Succession” on HBO?

There are so many places that make Staten Island unique.

And Advance colleague Mark Stein and I are determined to visit them all.

That’s what “The Wanderers” on Facebook Live is all about: The beautiful, unique, spooky and odd places that make Staten Island the best place to live in New York City.

We’ll also go where the news takes us on any given day.

Tune in around 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and see where we pop up.

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