[Hippo]

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TAIPEI (Jan 29) - The decomposing remains of a 66-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy Taiwan street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours, local newspapers said.

The 56-foot dead whale had been on a truck headed for an autopsy at a university earlier this week, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.

The whale had died after it was beached on the southwestern coast of the island.

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Anyone else hear this?

[Liberator]

Saw it on Fark this morning, can't say it isn't funny.  For instance, why were they hauling it through town?

[Dough with Fish]

LOL

Ahhhhhhh that is some good **** there.

[J3Vr6]

Ugh, can you imagine coming out of a store or your job and seeing your car covered in blood?  Or even being there when it explodes and being bathed in it?

[diamondgeezer]

Hmm. Funnier, less funny or as funny as blowing up the whale with TNT? Cos that was pretty funny. Specially when people go nuts over animal cruelty

[aldo_14]

Nah.  'twas dead animal cruelty.

[karajorma]

Revenge for years of commercial whaling. The whales have started suicide bombing. Unfortunately this one got a little bit lost and swam left instead of right and made it to Taiwan by mistake.

[diamondgeezer]

Now that's comedy, Kara

[Martinus]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Hmm. Funnier, less funny or as funny as blowing up the whale with TNT? Cos that was pretty funny. Specially when people go nuts over animal cruelty

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If so did you see what happened to the guys car? That was bloody genius.
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[Petrarch of the VBB]

All very well, but where was the bowl of petunias?

[kode]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
All very well, but where was the bowl of petunias?

well, it looks like there was a spruce. or some kind of tree, at least.

[Starks]

www.perp.com/whale

THE ORIGINAL INFAMOUS EXPLODING WHALE!

[comic]

More importantly why did the petunias think

"oh no not again?"

[Fineus]

Originally posted by comic
More importantly why did the petunias think

"oh no not again?"

42?

Anyhow, it's pretty funny since the whale was already dead, if it was killed for the purpose of experiments etc. then it'd be another matter (yes, I'm against animal cruelty).

[karajorma]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Now that's comedy, Kara

The whole cetacean order worries me. but it's dolphins that really scare me. I never tust any animal that smiles all the time.

Besides I think this might be worryingly close to what is going on down there.

Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs: 'Oh, ****,' Says Humanity

[neo_hermes]

that was an interesting site Kara.

[Gortef]

the cleaners might have had a "WTF^^ Mates" experience when they came to work

[Nico]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Hmm. Funnier, less funny or as funny as blowing up the whale with TNT? Cos that was pretty funny. Specially when people go nuts over animal cruelty

what was funny in that video were all those idiots and their ruined cars

[Hippo]

*calls adams references*

[Liberator]

Yes, the poor creature was dead, they were taking to a lab for an autopsy to see what killed it.  

Besides the obvious "I weigh 35 tons and without any water to support my bulk I collapse in on myself."