JaGuAr3529
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:06 PM
One of my housemates and I got wind that there was a beached sperm whale nearby, so we had to take a look. This is what we saw as we looked over the cliffs:
Then we decided to get down on the beach for closer inspection.
It's still down there, and I'm not sure how they plan on getting rid of it. Dynamite perhaps?
Here's a video I took:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw6iT0cq4lEAnd here's the video response to my video that shows the whale about to be buried:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsVlxqOi8Q4
Boxiom
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:06 PM
JESUS! Thats cool but sucks for the whale, it still alive?
JaGuAr3529
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:07 PM
QUOTE(Boxiom @ Apr. 8, 2007. 06:06 PM) [snapback]278274[/snapback]
JESUS! Thats cool but sucks for the whale, it still alive?
Haha, does it
look like it's alive? That thing is very, very dead.
ijustleft
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:07 PM
That's awesome! But it's not so awesome for the whate.
jamesbondgal
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:07 PM
haha cool i want to see that in real life!!!!!!! it looks gross and weird ............
fredman555
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:08 PM
wow, thats fucking sad
DANGbang!
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:08 PM
Oh crap! Poor whale.
Wonder what happened to it.
canadia_sucks_eh
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:08 PM
awww
i love whales
Sk8erChick666
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:09 PM
=(so sad
Mearl
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:11 PM
Thats sad. Any idea of how it died?
Boxiom
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:11 PM
QUOTE(Mearl @ Apr. 8, 2007. 05:11 PM) [snapback]278288[/snapback]
Thats sad. Any idea of how it died?
....
troubleonarainyday
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:11 PM
That makes me sad.
But I am also amazed and wishing I had seen it in person.
JaGuAr3529
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:16 PM
I just hope it doesn't
explode.
QUOTE
Tainan, Taiwan
A second whale explosion occurred on January 26, 2004, in Tainan City, Taiwan. In this incident, a buildup of gas inside a decomposing sperm whale, measuring 17 meters (56 ft.) long and weighing 50 tons, caused it to burst. The older bull whale had died after becoming beached on the southwestern coast of Taiwan, and it had taken more than 13 hours, three large cranes, and 50 workers to shift the beached sperm whale onto the back of a truck.
While the whale was being moved, the paper's website Taiwan News, eTaiwanNews.com, reported that "a large crowd of more than 600 local Yunlin residents and curiosity seekers, along with vendors selling snack food and hot drinks, braved the cold temperature and chilly wind to watch workmen try to haul away the dead marine leviathan". Professor Wang Chien-ping had ordered the whale be moved to the Sutsao Wild Life Reservation Area after he had been refused permission to perform a post-mortem at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan. The whale was being transported on the back of a truck through the center of Tainan from the university laboratory to the preserve when the explosion occurred. Although the explosion was spectacular, it did not stop researchers from performing a necropsy on the animal.
The explosion was reported to have splattered blood and whale entrails over surrounding shop-fronts, bystanders, and cars. BBC News Online interviewed an unnamed Taiwanese local who said, "What a stinking mess. This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful."
Over the course of about one year, Professor Wang completed a bone display from the remains of the whale's rotting dead body. The assembled specimen and some preserved organs and tissues have been on display in the Taijiang Cetacean Museum since April 8, 2005.
My housemate told me about this phenomenon while we were right next to it, lol. It makes me wonder about that bulge in the gut of the whale.
Ernie
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:17 PM
damn...how did that thing smell?
ImAClubSlut
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:20 PM
poor whale :[
Foobs
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:20 PM
Awesome.
JaGuAr3529
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:20 PM
QUOTE(Ernie @ Apr. 8, 2007. 06:17 PM) [snapback]278300[/snapback]
damn...how did that thing smell?
When I took those last three pictures I was definitely downwind, and believe me, the smell was not pleasant. Sticking my nose in my shirt helped that though.
RogueSkaterX
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:21 PM
AHHH!!! thats so cool!!!! that thing is huge!
i dont live by the ocean so iv never see anythig like that! lol
that thing is dead right??
Mearl
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:25 PM
QUOTE(RogueSkaterX @ Apr. 8, 2007. 05:21 PM) [snapback]278310[/snapback]
that thing is dead right??
Yes.
I read that Wikipedia thing.Exploding whales:o Thats harsh.
-N-
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:25 PM
he looks nice, did you pet him?
crunchifymecaptin
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:26 PM
i saw a ginormous beached sea turtle once in seaside nj. now that was an experience.
cuntrash
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:27 PM
ahh, that's weird. its like different colors and stuff.
ngard
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:29 PM
-N-
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:29 PM
I say fill him up with some pepsi, and throw mentos down his hole...
soccerbug1221
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:40 PM
Wow thats sooo sad!!
alimac
Apr. 8, 2007. 05:41 PM
poor whale
QUOTE(-N- @ Apr. 9, 2007. 02:29 AM) [snapback]278344[/snapback]
I say fill him up with some pepsi, and throw mentos down his hole...
aahahah
vanitykills
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:03 PM
poor whale
if it exploded that would be SO gross. haha
NUBS
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:08 PM
I can't seem to locate it's eyes.
ungrantedxwish
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:35 PM
QUOTE(-N- @ Apr. 8, 2007. 08:29 PM) [snapback]278344[/snapback]
I say fill him up with some pepsi, and throw mentos down his hole...
ahahahaha.
Awwww, poor little whale. Well, very large whale.
indecline
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:38 PM
If he was flubbery, you could jump off the cliff and land onto it. It would be fun.
ungrantedxwish
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:41 PM
hannah says:
i didnt know dead whales were rainbow colored
Shauna. says:
ahahaha
Shauna. says:
meneither
hannah says:
jag is lying
hannah says:
he photoshopped that whale
hannah says:
onto that beach
Shauna. says:
srsly.
Jessifishcrakers
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:41 PM
thats sad.. :''(
i love whales
smosherrama
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:54 PM
poor whale...
Diana
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:56 PM
QUOTE(ungrantedxwish @ Apr. 8, 2007. 10:41 PM) [snapback]278528[/snapback]
hannah says:
i didnt know dead whales were rainbow colored
Shauna. says:
ahahaha
Shauna. says:
meneither
hannah says:
jag is lying
hannah says:
he photoshopped that whale
hannah says:
onto that beach
Shauna. says:
srsly.
Lmfao.... that would be funny if it was photoshopped
But anyway that freakin sucks. I would be to scared to go near it and I would dare someone to sit on it lol.
betch
Apr. 8, 2007. 06:58 PM
awww poor whale, the biggest animal I have ever seen beached was a fatass sea lion...when I approached it, it barked at me, I think they saved it though
Lessard1991
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:12 PM
Yummy.
sophiebro71
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:13 PM
QUOTE(NUBS @ Apr. 8, 2007. 10:38 PM) [snapback]278449[/snapback]
I can't seem to locate it's eyes.
Same. I was very confused.
Rich137
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:16 PM
awww thats sad poor whale! and I wish I could have seen it though!
Megadeth53
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:17 PM
Now that's not something you see everyday.
frdyk
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:19 PM
holy crap dude...that's some seriously messed up stuff right there...poor whale though
Kristandex
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:23 PM
poor whale.
but how often do you see a whale laying right in front of you on the beach?
perty cool. but smelly.
alexa
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:27 PM
i wonder how long its been dead..
donkeypunch
Apr. 8, 2007. 07:29 PM
that looks pretty sweet
fckbees
Apr. 8, 2007. 08:13 PM
QUOTE(Boxiom @ Apr. 8, 2007. 09:11 PM) [snapback]278289[/snapback]
QUOTE(Mearl @ Apr. 8, 2007. 05:11 PM) [snapback]278288[/snapback]
Thats sad. Any idea of how it died?
....
omg. i think i just died
JaGuAr3529
Apr. 8, 2007. 08:16 PM
QUOTE(sophiebro71 @ Apr. 8, 2007. 08:13 PM) [snapback]278622[/snapback]
QUOTE(NUBS @ Apr. 8, 2007. 10:38 PM) [snapback]278449[/snapback]
I can't seem to locate it's eyes.
Same. I was very confused.
u piss me off
Apr. 8, 2007. 08:32 PM
ewww.... that kinda reminds me of something me and my friend found dead on a beach but thats a different subject so....
das
Apr. 8, 2007. 08:34 PM
tat suks fur the whale
indecline
Apr. 8, 2007. 08:35 PM
Thats one UGLY ass whale.
u piss me off
Apr. 8, 2007. 08:36 PM
QUOTE
Thats one UGLY ass whale.
agreed.
gina
Apr. 8, 2007. 08:37 PM
PUSH IT BACK IN THE WATER!!!
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