Whale Explodes!!!

Bighoss · 2004-01-28, 05:58 PM

THE WHALE FUCKING EXPLODED!!!
Whale explodes in Taiwanese city

The whale died after becoming beached
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.

The whale attracted a lot of onlookers both before and after it exploded.

What a stinking mess - this blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful

Tainan resident

Several parked cars and pedestrians got covered in blood when it exploded.

Residents and shop owners wore masks while trying to clean up the spilt blood and entrails.

"What a stinking mess. This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful," said one resident.

Professor Wang Chien-ping, of the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, had ordered the whale to be moved to the Shi-Tsao Natural Preserve after his own institution refused to allow a post-mortem examination on its own premises.

Record find

He said that the animal had been close to death when it was found on a beach and had died by the time help arrived.

"Because of the natural decomposing process, a lot of gases accumulated, and when the pressure build-up was too great, the whale's belly exploded."

However he said despite the explosion, enough of the whale remained to allow for an examination by marine biologists.

Professor Wang said initial observation showed the whale to be an older bull and that its weight of 50 tonnes and 17 metre-length made it the largest whale ever recorded in Taiwan.

Reports say because of the whale's size, it took 13 hours, three large lifting cranes and 50 workers to get the whale loaded on the trailer truck for its final trip.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3437455.stm

Corrosion · 2004-01-28, 05:58 PM

Rbstr · 2004-01-28, 06:03 PM

Liquidtide · 2004-01-28, 06:15 PM

That's a WHALE of a story

Dharkbayne · 2004-01-28, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Corrosion

HawkEye · 2004-01-28, 06:20 PM

sux for the peeps that got covered in whale blood and all that shit, but that story is fin funny.

Indecisive · 2004-01-28, 06:30 PM

Setari · 2004-01-28, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Gohan_VA

he linked from bbc, what more proof do you need

Sputty · 2004-01-28, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Setari

he linked from bbc, what more proof do you need

I think he wants to see whale guts spread over people

Dharkbayne · 2004-01-28, 07:06 PM

Same here

Setari · 2004-01-28, 07:06 PM

oh yea well....lol me too

Corrosion · 2004-01-28, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by Sputty

I think he wants to see whale guts spread over people

Who doesnt?

Onizuka · 2004-01-28, 07:09 PM

omg

Bighoss · 2004-01-28, 07:19 PM

I'm pissed there were no pics of people covered in whale, but I bet by the time there were people there with cameras everyone covered in whale shit had ran away. Because honestly if you were covered in whale guts would you stand around?

BUGGER · 2004-01-28, 07:21 PM

I'd laugh if the truck was stopped at an intersection wehre one of those camaras are and it recorded the whole explosion.