BIG WHALE GO 'SPLODEY!
Jan. 28th, 2004 11:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynWhale explodes in Taiwanese city
A dead sperm whale has exploded while being delivered to a research centre near the southwestern city of Tainan.
Passers-by and cars were soaked in blood and body parts were sprayed over a road after the bursting of the whale, which was being carried on a trailer.
The whale had died earlier on a beach and had been collected so its remains could be used for educational purposes.
A marine biologist blamed the explosion on pressure from gases building up in the mammal as it began to decompose. . .
Paging Mr. Barry, Mr. Dave Barry, the Oregon Highway Department's dynamite experiment has just been trumped by the forces of nature.
Man, can you imagine being one of these poor sods? "Honey? Um... I'm going to be, uh... really, really late getting home. There's whale guts on my windscreen... no, honest. Turn on the radio... I'm going to go have a twitching fit now."
A dead sperm whale has exploded while being delivered to a research centre near the southwestern city of Tainan.
Passers-by and cars were soaked in blood and body parts were sprayed over a road after the bursting of the whale, which was being carried on a trailer.
The whale had died earlier on a beach and had been collected so its remains could be used for educational purposes.
A marine biologist blamed the explosion on pressure from gases building up in the mammal as it began to decompose. . .
Paging Mr. Barry, Mr. Dave Barry, the Oregon Highway Department's dynamite experiment has just been trumped by the forces of nature.
Man, can you imagine being one of these poor sods? "Honey? Um... I'm going to be, uh... really, really late getting home. There's whale guts on my windscreen... no, honest. Turn on the radio... I'm going to go have a twitching fit now."
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Date: 2004-01-28 09:59 am (UTC)