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Whale Explodes In Taiwan
2004-01-29, 10:14 AM #1
What a mess!


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A 56-foot sperm whale's insides lie strewn about after its belly burst due to decomposition while being transported to the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan in southern Taiwan on January 26, 2004. The whale ran aground and died on a beach in the southwestern county of Yunlin on January 17. (Taiwan Apple daily via Reuters)

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2004-01-29, 10:18 AM #2
Eew.

How did it happen?

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2004-01-29, 10:20 AM #3
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Echoman:
How did it happen?
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">its belly burst due to decomposition</font>




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2004-01-29, 10:22 AM #4
But burst when decomposing? Strange.

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2004-01-29, 10:25 AM #5
Gas in it's stomach causing it to rupture maybe?

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2004-01-29, 10:25 AM #6
Eeeewwwwww

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2004-01-29, 10:28 AM #7
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2004-01-29, 10:33 AM #8
i feel sorry if that's that guy's moped

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2004-01-29, 10:39 AM #9
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Echoman:
But burst when decomposing? Strange.

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Not quite so strange as you might think. You'd be surprised at the pressure of the gasses that build up in the body during decomposition.

My mother (a funeral director) once had a man who was murdered and dumped in a lake with something like a 100-150lb. weight attached to his waist. The body apparently came to the surface a few days later with the weight STILL ATTACHED. All due to the gases that build up during decomposition.

A whale being several magnitudes larger than a person, I can see how this would happen...

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2004-01-29, 10:39 AM #10
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MadQuack:
Gas in it's stomach causing it to rupture maybe?

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I read the article, MadQuack got it. Gas built up because of the decomosition (s?), and there was no where for it to go.. so.. Boom.

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2004-01-29, 10:45 AM #11
I don't see why it looks so nasty, just looks like lava drying. If you just ignore the whale in the back and saw that, I doubt most of you would think internal organs.

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2004-01-29, 11:11 AM #12
Wow, that's a real gasser!

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2004-01-29, 11:15 AM #13
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by THRAWN:
I don't see why it looks so nasty, just looks like lava drying. If you just ignore the whale in the back and saw that, I doubt most of you would think internal organs.

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I'm pretty sure the meat-red tubes would give it away.

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2004-01-29, 11:19 AM #14
Dinner is served.

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2004-01-29, 11:20 AM #15
ieww

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2004-01-29, 11:37 AM #16
There was a chicken farmer who for some reason or another had to bury a bunch of chickens because they had died. So he dug a big whole and buried them. A month or so later there was a massive explosion and chicken parts were strewn across the area. Turns out that the chickens had released alot of methane and stuff which ended up blowing up.

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2004-01-29, 11:40 AM #17
http://www.britenight.com/crazyvids/pages/whale11l1.html

More whale explosions

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2004-01-29, 11:49 AM #18
[Foot in mouth]

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2004-01-29, 11:56 AM #19
.... where did he say anything about decompression?

Also, I'm not sure how much this would apply to a sperm whale, but underwater organisms (most notably the ones that live WAAY far down), are built to sustain the pressure of so much water around them. for example, take a bag of chips in an airplane with you, and you'll see how the bag expands the higher the plane goes. same thing would (I'm guessing), happen with fish. and (I'm still guessing here, so I could be wrong), while the whale may or may not explode from the gasses normally, keep in mind whales are built for an environment with a lot more pressure than up here above water. or something.
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2004-01-29, 12:01 PM #20
Aye. I misread that post. Nevermind.

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2004-01-29, 1:12 PM #21
Dude! That's quite possibly the coolest things i've seen all day [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-01-29, 1:54 PM #22
Can someone post a link to the article? I could understand water swallowed at depth expanding as the whale rose to the surface and the decomposing body couldn't hold it in anymore, but gases? Maybe a combination of both?

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2004-01-29, 7:24 PM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">A 45 ft. 8 ton dead whale washed on shore in Lain county, Oregon USA. The town decided to blow it up hoping that the small sea creatures would clean up the minute chunks left. Half a ton of Dynamite was used, but all didn't go according to plan. Huge chunks of whale start to fall into the crowd, as they run for their lives.</font>


Even from the grave, a whale gets revenge.

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2004-01-29, 7:32 PM #24
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I could understand water swallowed at depth expanding as the whale rose to the surface and the decomposing body couldn't hold it in anymore, but gases?</font>


Liquid cannot be compressed. That's how most brake systems on cars work now-- hydraulic systems. Pressure on one end of the line puts pressure on the other end, squeezing the drum.
2004-01-29, 7:35 PM #25
that had to smell bad...

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2004-01-29, 7:49 PM #26
I don't buy it, it's too far-fetched.

I'm suspecting some sort of prankster messing with explosives or the like. At least you can explain how it happened that way.

"OoohoooooohooOOoooh... the mysterious gases that no one can explain abything about suddenly, for no reason whatsoever, decided to expand, but they were trapped! Err.. yeah! Trapped! That's it! And it just exploded! Just because!"

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2004-01-30, 7:26 AM #27
Eeew thats nasty....
2004-01-30, 7:29 AM #28
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2004-01-30, 7:35 AM #29
No more spicy buritos for him!!!

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2004-01-30, 7:51 AM #30
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by A_Big_Fat_CoW:
.... where did he say anything about decompression?

Also, I'm not sure how much this would apply to a sperm whale, but underwater organisms (most notably the ones that live WAAY far down), are built to sustain the pressure of so much water around them. for example, take a bag of chips in an airplane with you, and you'll see how the bag expands the higher the plane goes. same thing would (I'm guessing), happen with fish. and (I'm still guessing here, so I could be wrong), while the whale may or may not explode from the gasses normally, keep in mind whales are built for an environment with a lot more pressure than up here above water. or something.</font>


I can remember my science teacher telling me at one point that those freaky looking uber-deep fish could possibly explode if brought to the surface.

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2004-01-30, 9:48 AM #31
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jedigreedo:
Even from the grave, a whale gets revenge.

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ROFL!!!

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2004-01-30, 9:59 AM #32
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Freelancer:
"OoohoooooohooOOoooh... the mysterious gases that no one can explain abything about suddenly, for no reason whatsoever, decided to expand, but they were trapped! Err.. yeah! Trapped! That's it! And it just exploded! Just because!"</font>

Gas is produced through decomposition. More precisely, methane gas. Decomposition provides the world with the methane in the air, as I learnt in Geography. As the decomposition takes place, the gas fills the stomach and increases the pressure, until it ruptures and does a ballon-with-gunk-in. Splart.


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2004-01-30, 10:02 AM #33
Why didn't they just drill a couple holes through the beast and probably avoid this..?

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2004-01-30, 10:17 AM #34
Either they didn't think of it, or they wanted to see what would happen and pretend like they didn't know what was going on.... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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2004-01-30, 10:25 AM #35
As is witnessed in the picture, sperm whales get their name from the force with which they ejaculate.

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2004-01-30, 10:58 AM #36
lol, can you imagine seeing a truck driving downtown with a giant whale strapped to it?

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2004-01-30, 11:19 AM #37
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I'm suspecting some sort of prankster messing with explosives or the like. At least you can explain how it happened that way</font>


Isn't that a bit far fetched too?

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2004-01-30, 6:27 PM #38
I wonder how loud it is.

It can't be a subtle little pop, it has got to be loud.

I think I need to see a whale explode from natural causes before I die. Then I will be truly happy.

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2004-01-30, 6:31 PM #39
I want a video clip...

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2004-01-30, 7:27 PM #40
if that whale was full of methane, just be glad that no one was lighting a cigarette when it blew.



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