More Exploding Whale

Posted by Alex in Animal, Pictures on July 18, 2007 at 8:42 pm


Neatorama reader Chris saw the Infamous Exploding Whale clip and pointed this link out: a 56-foot long whale that exploded on the streets of Tainan, Taiwan, in 2004, while being transported on a flatbed truck.

Residents of Tainan learned a lesson in whale biology after the decomposing remains of a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours.

The 56-foot-long whale had been on a truck headed for a necropsy by researchers, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.

Link – Thanks Chris!


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6 comments to "More Exploding Whale"

  1. meg
    July 18th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    ewwww. I hope that man standing there wasn't the owner of the moped.

  2. Lasse
    July 19th, 2007 at 1:18 am

    The whale got the last word after all.

  3. DIM67
    July 19th, 2007 at 6:56 am

    Whoa thats nasty. Any more pictures? Did anyone get covered in muck?

  4. twibs
    July 19th, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    Ewww, guts.

    Unicorn chaser please.

  5. tami
    July 20th, 2007 at 12:49 am

    I love the look on that guy's face. I can imagine him thinking, "Oh, SHIIIIIIIIT!"

    BTW, how weird would it be to be driving behind a dead whale? Even one that hasn't exploded?

  6. Alex
    July 28th, 2007 at 9:25 am

    Maybe the more-appropriate thought was "Oh, GUTTTTTSSS!"


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