January 28, 2004

Whale explodes, no dynamite involved

The Australian Herald Sun is reporting another whale explosion today. This time, it happened in Taipei, sans dynamite:

"Because of the natural decomposing process, a lot of gases accumulated, and when the pressure build-up was too great, the whale's belly just exploded," marine biologist Professor Wang Chien-ping said.

The last known whale explosion was in Oregon in 1970. That one needed a little help from our good friend TNT. What is it with the Pacific Rim states and their explosive cetaceans?

(Story via Apostropher)

Posted by Chris at January 28, 2004 03:26 PM
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