Thar she blows! Dead whale explodes

MSNBC ^ | Jan 29, 2004 | MSNBC staff

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Thar she blows! Dead whale explodes

Taiwanese street, shops showered after gases built up inside

Taiwan Apple Daily via Reuters Blood and guts litter this street in Tainan, Taiwan, after decomposing organs in the sperm whale in background caused it to explode.

MSNBC staff and news service reports

Updated: 11:48 a.m. ET Jan. 29, 2004

TAIPEI - 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.

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The whale had died on Jan. 17 after it beached itself on the southwestern coast of the island.

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Once moved to a nearby nature preserve, the male specimen -- the largest whale ever recorded in Taiwan -- drew the attention of locals because of its large penis, measured at some five feet, the Taipei Times reported.

"More than 100 Tainan city residents, mostly men, have reportedly gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its penis," the newspaper reported.

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I will leave this for others to comment upon, but no Moose (or Meeses) were reported injured in this series incident.

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[Sloth]

I love the look of that guy in the picture.

[exnavy]

This is series, I'll be in the shower.

[Thinkin' Gal]

a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours.

[RightOnline]

"drew the attention of locals because of its large penis, measured at some five feet, the Taipei Times reported."

Piker.

[ErnBatavia]

Pingerootus!

[Fierce Allegiance]

Talk about a "free willie!"

[Onelifetogive]

Islamic terrorist whale???

[ErnBatavia]

"More than 100 Tainan city residents, mostly men, have reportedly gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its penis,"

That's just so wrong...

[Puppage]

That gave me an OWIEE

[evets]

"...drew the attention of locals because of its large penis, measured at some five feet" (Taiwanese locals are easily impressed.)

[davisfh]

"Thar she blows! Dead whale explodes"

There very same thing happened to William the Conqueror at his funeral. He was allowed to "ripen" for a few days and finally some kindly knight decided to give him a Christian burial. The problem was exacebated in that William had grown rather corpulent in his declining years. Several priests were trying to stuff his bloated corpse into a too-small sarcophagus and "he blew." It made one hell of a mess and the priests scattered.

There's quite a bit more to the story than this. Look it up on the net. Interesting history.

[Constitution Day]

I love the look of that guy in the picture.

So do I!
He looks like he's blubbering to me.

[RightOnline]

"Dead whale explodes"

OK........I'll say it.

Don't ya just hate when that happens???

[ErnBatavia]

Five foot unit? La Coincidence! John C. Holmes is also dead...

[blackdog]

A 60 ton bag of semi-liquid tissues fermenting inside of a casing which normally has equal pressure pushing inward..........Hmmmmmmmm.......Load it on a flatbed and go over a few bumps and see what happens? Not too bright.

Unlike our northwest coast highway department workers who do it right with dynamite.

I personally forbid any visual experience with anything which has a male organ larger than mine. I still refuse to look at pictures of Milton Buryl and Martina Navratolova.

[martin_fierro]

Though I *am* honored to be remembered when stories like this come up, I been there already.

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[bray]

It's a wonder the whale wasn't attacked as a free smorgasbord by the Chinese??? They'll eat anything that doesn't escape.

Pray for W and The Truth

[Dog Gone]

Were we even aware that Taiwan had a Whales of Mass Destruction program?

[blackdog]

Where is the SUV driven by George Bush. A mess of such proportion can only have been made by such. I bet Haliburton gets the cleanup contract too.