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J. Mand · Post by **J. Mand** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:45 pm

Taipei, a city in the south of Taiwan, was heavily ravaged a couple of days ago. The cause: An exploding sperm whale. I'll save you the pictures. Now you'll wonder how and why? Apparently the gasses of decay had been piled up in the stomach of the dead animal. Now I wonder what a dead sperm whale would do in the middle of a city...

phantom · Post by **phantom** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:53 pm

Considering the international whale protection laws, what was a dead whale doing in the city? Even the carcasses are under protection of the law. Only ones allowed near whales are scientists and even then they need permission.

Robbieb · Post by **Robbieb** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:54 pm

wow thats something an exploding whale what will they think of next :huh:

J. Mand · Post by **J. Mand** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:57 pm

phantom wrote: Considering the international whale protection laws, what was a dead whale doing in the city? Even the carcasses are under protection of the law. Only ones allowed near whales are scientists and even then they need permission.

As it appears, the whale was stranded and was to be transported to the university for students to research... Not illegaly, I believe. Imagine what would have happened if the beast had exploded inside a university...

Post by **Wolfyu** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:04 pm

Imagine what would have happened if the beast had exploded inside a university...

That ain't a pretty sight.

All I can say is that things will never fail to amaze us.

J. Mand · Post by **J. Mand** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:10 pm

Hmm, sperm whales do strand at the Dutch shores every now and then... Glad I don't live by the sea...
At least the term "Biological weapon" does get a whole new mening with this...

Post by **okapi_07** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:17 pm

im not sure if anybody has heared of the comedian dave barry but my parents once went to see him and he told about this footage he saw where a whale had been laying dead on a beach for some time and to get rid of the city where it was stuck decided to blow it up on the footage it shows the whale then the explosion causes so much smoke that you cant see a thing but someone yells "O M G!" and then the tape cuts out when it comes back on it shows a car that was totalled when a piece of rotting whale larger than a refridgerator fell on it!

Post by **Wolfyu** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:29 pm

Now that is farfetched! *wonders what Wally will think of it*

Post by **okapi_07** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:40 pm

i saw the footage on the internet but i forget the URL (i dobt many people would want to see an expolding whale anyways)

Post by **Luna Manar** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:40 pm

I saw pictures of this on the news--it was NASTY. Blood and whale guts everywhere... :yuck:

Post by **okapi_07** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:41 pm

i saw the footage on the internet but i forget the URL (i dobt many people would want to see an expolding whale anyways)

Post by **Kielo91** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:50 pm

I've already heard of the exploding whale incident on the news. As soon as they showed a picture of the whole whale, and then showing everyone holding their noses, I could just imagine the smell being emitted from the whale. Ooooh... x_x

Post by **okapi_07** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:00 pm

that kind of reminds me of "Guillam(sp?) le Conquerant" (William the Conquerer: French guy (Duke of Normandy to be spec.) who invaded England in uhh...ahh now i forget the date!

) but thats another story(funeral, exploding corpse, people running out of the church holding thier noses

what a way to go!)

Save The Mop · Post by **Save The Mop** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 7:03 pm

That's very odd. All I know is that I wouldn't have wanted to be there when it happened

Post by **Kielo91** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 10:39 pm

Ah, you couldn't pay me a million bucks to be there when that happened! Just imagine the horrid stench. It's probably locked into the city now. So, whenever someone outside of town visits, they're hit with an immense smell so awful, they'll keel over... :S