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ok this isnt ceph but i thought it was a bit bonkers, have a quick read an gander at the photo's....
(its acually just worth lookin at to compare their size to everyday things)
A dead, 50-tonne sperm whale exploded in a busy street in
Taiwan, showering passers-by in blubber, blood and innards. The 17-metre
whale died after beaching itself and was being hauled to a research station
through Tainan City on Wednesday on a flat-bed truck. Television reports
showed a pavement, street and several parked cars covered in dead whale
fallout. "What a stinking mess! This blood and other stuff that blew out on
the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful," said one resident
quoted by the etaiwannews.com website. The explosion was caused by a
build-up of gasses in the decomposing carcass. "When the pressure build-up
was too great, the whale's belly just exploded and spilled blood and the
innards on the street," the website said, quoting National Cheng Kung
University marine biologist Professor Wang Chien-ping. Many people had
reportedly gathered along the road to film and take photos of the dead whale
en route to the research centre where an autopsy was to be performed.
Authorities were also planning to preserve the mammal, the largest whale
ever to wash up on Taiwan's shores Apparently, even after the explosion,
enough of the whale remained intact and authorities still intend to preserve
the remains of the remains. The whale was discovered along a stretch of
nearby coast on Saturday. According to reports, it took 13 hours, three
large lifting cranes and 50 workers to load the whale on the trailer truck
for its final journey.
(its acually just worth lookin at to compare their size to everyday things)
A dead, 50-tonne sperm whale exploded in a busy street in
Taiwan, showering passers-by in blubber, blood and innards. The 17-metre
whale died after beaching itself and was being hauled to a research station
through Tainan City on Wednesday on a flat-bed truck. Television reports
showed a pavement, street and several parked cars covered in dead whale
fallout. "What a stinking mess! This blood and other stuff that blew out on
the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful," said one resident
quoted by the etaiwannews.com website. The explosion was caused by a
build-up of gasses in the decomposing carcass. "When the pressure build-up
was too great, the whale's belly just exploded and spilled blood and the
innards on the street," the website said, quoting National Cheng Kung
University marine biologist Professor Wang Chien-ping. Many people had
reportedly gathered along the road to film and take photos of the dead whale
en route to the research centre where an autopsy was to be performed.
Authorities were also planning to preserve the mammal, the largest whale
ever to wash up on Taiwan's shores Apparently, even after the explosion,
enough of the whale remained intact and authorities still intend to preserve
the remains of the remains. The whale was discovered along a stretch of
nearby coast on Saturday. According to reports, it took 13 hours, three
large lifting cranes and 50 workers to load the whale on the trailer truck
for its final journey.
