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Town Fears That Huge Swelling Beached Blue Whale Carcass ‘Might Explode’
Yahoo! News ^ | April 29, 2014 | Charlene Sakoda

Posted on 04/29/2014 6:58:57 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

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Town fears that huge swelling beached blue whale carcass ‘might explode’

About one week ago, the carcass of a dead blue whale washed ashore in Trout River, Newfoundland, Canada. As reported by the BBC, residents now fear that the 25-meter-long (over 82-foot-long) decomposing whale, which is filling and expanding with methane gas, could explode. The BBC notes that a sperm whale carcass that landed on the shores of the Faroe Islands exploded as a biologist tried to perform a dissection.

Blue whales are the largest known animals in the world, and the carcass of the beached Trout River blue whale is growing. "The whale is blowing up. It looks as if it's a big balloon, from a distance," Emily Butler, Trout River town manager told CBC News. "There is a possibility as well, with all these gases inside the whale, that it may possibly explode…That's a major concern for us." The BBC reports that an explosion could happen at any time and would not only magnify the stench, but with the whale just feet away from the main waterfront boardwalk, tourists who have gathered near the swelling animal, could be close.

According to Canada’s NTV news, the Trout River town council has been unsuccessful in soliciting help to dispose of the animal carcass. They’ve contacted provincial and federal government agencies but are being told that they will have to deal with the problem themselves. With a small town population of 600 residents, Trout River is not equipped to handle this unique dilemma.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beachedwhale; bluewhale; canada; newfoundland; troutriver; whale
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 photo explodingwhale570-1_zps91e25bec.gif The Trout River town leaders could replicate what Oregon did many years ago ...
1 posted on 04/29/2014 6:58:57 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

Mr. Creosote


2 posted on 04/29/2014 7:05:05 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
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To: DogByte6RER

In Before the Helen Thomas picture


3 posted on 04/29/2014 7:05:25 PM PDT by crusadersoldier
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To: DogByte6RER

I would think shooting it a few times would allow the methane to leak out.


4 posted on 04/29/2014 7:07:29 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: DogByte6RER

Well,, at least we know what NOT to do.


5 posted on 04/29/2014 7:08:24 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DogByte6RER

“Captain! She’s gonna blow!” - Scotty


6 posted on 04/29/2014 7:11:28 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Back in the olden days before the WHITE MAN, a dead bloated floater whale was considered a blessing by the Indians. Yummy too!


7 posted on 04/29/2014 7:12:23 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Didn’t huge smelly chunks rain down, crushing roofs of cars, and the odor was so intense that people were seen later in that footage running away, covering their mouths and noses?


8 posted on 04/29/2014 7:14:16 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: DesertRhino

I dunno, maybe it’s about time for another one. Bigger this time!


9 posted on 04/29/2014 7:18:23 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: DogByte6RER
They’ve contacted provincial and federal government agencies but are being told that they will have to deal with the problem themselves.

So all the town has to do is reach out to U.S or Canadian private companies who could resolve this in a matter of hours. Tie that baby onto a 53" flatbed trailer and put it in a refrigerated storage facility until the methane danger passes, then process it into pet or zoo food.

10 posted on 04/29/2014 7:28:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (100% pure organic, free-range conservative)
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Call Japan, they will send a ship to pick it up.


11 posted on 04/29/2014 7:33:38 PM PDT by wrench
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To: DogByte6RER

I think we need to call in the Mythbusters for this one. Exploding whales? Just their style!!!


12 posted on 04/29/2014 7:35:47 PM PDT by ssaftler (I am both ashamed and afraid of my government, Federal AND State. Local not far behind...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

We never have cool stuff like this happen around here.


13 posted on 04/29/2014 7:38:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: DogByte6RER

Maybe those whale sounds are really just countdowns.

“Hey Mabel! George went and beached himself”

“fourooooooothreehoooooootwoooooooo...”


14 posted on 04/29/2014 7:42:21 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hmmm. Maybe because you’re in Michigan.


15 posted on 04/29/2014 7:46:30 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: DogByte6RER

“It’s probably pining for the fjords.”


16 posted on 04/29/2014 7:47:31 PM PDT by Redcitizen (When a zombie apocalypse starts, Chuck Norris doesn't try to survive. The zombies do.)
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To: DogByte6RER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aicIbUvE5tw


17 posted on 04/29/2014 7:47:54 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Tie that baby onto a 53” flatbed trailer and put it in a refrigerated storage facility until the methane danger passes, then process it into pet or zoo food.
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This whale is 82’ in length.

I recall seeing a video a few years ago, where a large whale had died and had been loaded on a flatbed. I think it was in Japan. The video showed the truck moving through city streets that had been blocked off to make room for the truck and whale. .....As they were moving slowly through a crowded business district, the whale exploded. Chunks were thrown everywhere and coated the people who were on the sidewalks watching. .....Anyone else recall that video?


18 posted on 04/29/2014 7:54:45 PM PDT by octex
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To: DogByte6RER

“I wonder if it will be friends with me?”


19 posted on 04/29/2014 7:55:19 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: DogByte6RER

George: So I started to walk into the water. I won't lie to you, boys, I was terrified! But I pressed on - and as I made my way past the breakers, a strange calm came over me. I don't know if it was divine intervention or the kinship of all living things, but I tell you, Jerry, at that moment - I was a Marine Biologist! ...The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli! I got about fifty feet out and suddenly, the great beast appeared before me. I tell ya, he was ten stories high if he was a foot. As if sensing my presence, he let out a great bellow. I said, "Easy big fella!" And then, as I watched him struggling, I realized that something was obstructing its breathing. From where I was standing I could see directly into the eye of the great fish!

Jerry: Mammal.

George: Whatever

20 posted on 04/29/2014 7:59:33 PM PDT by xp38
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