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	mmeiser blog: The Exploding Whale - Wikipedia style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The better known explosion occurred in Florence, Oregon in 1970 when a dead Gray Whale was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass and became famous when American humorist Dave Barry wrote about it in his newspaper column.
		The other reported case of an exploding whale was in Taiwan in 2004 when a build up of gas inside a decomposing Sperm Whale caused it to explode while it was being transported to have a post-mortem performed.
		In popular culture, exploding whales are a theme written about by several authors, mainly because their unusual, absurd and highly improbable nature makes them an interesting topic.
	mmeiser.com /blog/2004/11/exploding-whale-wikipedia-style.html (407 words)

	Exploding whale (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The other reported case of an exploding whale was in Taiwan in 2004 when a buildup of gas inside a decomposing Sperm Whale caused it to explode while it was being transported to have a post-mortem performed.
		For several years the story of the exploding whale was held to be an urban legend.
		The older bull whale had died after becoming beached on the southwestern coast of Taiwan and it had taken more than 13 hours, 3 large cranes, and 50 workers to shift the beached sperm whale on to the back of a truck.
	exploding-whale.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1534 words)

	Exploding whale (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In that incident, a buildup of gas inside a decomposing sperm whale caused it to explode while it was being transported for post-mortem examination.
		The whale explosion in [[Taiwan happened due to a natural buildup of internal gases during its transportation to a research establishment near the southwestern city of Tainan.]] Another whale explosion occurred on January 29, 2004, in Tainan, Taiwan.
		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 on to the back of a truck.
	exploding-whale.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1598 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Critter Country (Thar She Blows!)
		Because no date was attached to the whale disposal, those who received it believed it was a recent event.
		A 3-foot by 5-foot piece of foul-smelling, rotting whale blubber had moments before soared a quarter-mile through the air, arching gracefully over a crowd of spectators perched on the sand dunes overlooking the Pacific Ocean, only to totally crush the top of Umenhofer's car.
		An 8-ton, 45-foot-long sperm whale, dead for some time, washed up on the Pacific Ocean beach south of Florence, Ore. At first it was a curiosity for local residents and visiting beachcombers.
	www.snopes.com /critters/disposal/whale.htm (1378 words)

	Exploding whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They thought burying the whale would be ineffective, as it would soon be uncovered, and they believed the use of dynamite would cause an explosion that would disintegrate the whale into pieces small enough for scavengers to clear up.
		A whale carcass adrift in the Icelandic harbour of Hafnarfjörður was split in two by a controlled explosion on June 5, 2005.
		Exploding whales are a theme written about by several authors; their unusual, absurd, and highly improbable nature makes them an interesting topic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Exploding_whale (2235 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Whale explodes in Taiwanese city
		Passers-by and cars were soaked in blood and body parts were sprayed over a road after the bursting of the whale, which was being carried on a trailer.
		The whale had died earlier on a beach and had been collected so its remains could be used for educational purposes.
		Professor Wang said initial observation showed the whale to be an older bull and that its weight of 50 tonnes and 17 metre-length made it the largest whale ever recorded in Taiwan.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3437455.stm (375 words)

	TheExplodingWhale.com
		Oregon’s Exploding Whale was once again mentioned in a news story about the arrival of a 50-foot whale carcass to the Port of Everett in Washington State.
		Whale remains often are treated like gangland snitches - left to decompose on remote beaches, hastily buried, or brought to deep water, weighted down with large cement chunks and sent to the bottom of the sea.
		Exploding whales are more common than one might think, and they actually come in several different forms.
	hackstadt.com /features/whale (1431 words)

	Exploding whale
		The tape is from a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on the beach.
		The thinking is that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by seagulls, and that would be that.
		Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units.
	www.math.yale.edu /users/pjm34/diving/exploding_whale.html (451 words)

	jwz - Hey kids, it's Exploding Whale Party Time!
		Residents of Tainan learned a lesson in whale biology after the decomposing remains of a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours.
		The 56-foot-long whale had been on a truck headed for a necropsy by researchers, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.
		The barstools are covered in whale foreskin, a fact that Onassis delighted in telling his guests.
	jwz.livejournal.com /302038.html (642 words)

	Thar she blows! - www.smh.com.au
		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.
		The explosion was caused by a build-up of gasses in the decomposing carcass.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/01/29/1075340760914.html?from=storyrhs (281 words)

	Strange Case Of The Exploding Whale : Fool Moon
		People covered their noses and business came to a halt after a dead, decomposing whale being transported on a truck burst because of a gas buildup.
		The 56-foot long sperm whale was being transported through city streets on the truck after it was found beached during the weekend.
		You should be aware there is a sudden glut of "whale meat sandwiches" on the menus of most good Minnesota restaurants at this time.
	foolmoon.com /showflat.php?Number=145137 (406 words)

	Taiwan's Exploding Whale Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A dead whale was found on a beach in Southern Taiwan.
		As far as I am aware--Taiwan's Exploding Sperm Whale is the first such natural occurance--at least on land while under transport through a village.
		With a garbage truck in the background--two men view the innards of the whale which lay on the street.
	www.angelfire.com /cantina/whale (398 words)

	Exploding whale stops city traffic \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		The decomposing remains of a 60-tonne sperm whale exploded on a busy street in Taiwan, showering cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours.
		The 17 metre (56 foot) mammal had been on a truck bound for postmortem examination at a university when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.
		The whale had died after it became beached on the south-western coast of the island.
	www.guardian.co.uk /taiwan/Story/0,2763,1134713,00.html (86 words)

	Look At This...: Exploding Whales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There have been two notable documented incidents of exploding whales, as well as several lesser-known ones.
		In November 1970, a 14 m (45 ft), eight-ton sperm whale died as a result of beaching itself near Florence, Oregon.
		After consulting with officials at the US Navy, they decided that it would be best to remove the whale in the same way they would remove a boulder and, on November 12, they used half a ton of dynamite to remove it.
	seehere.blogspot.com /2006/08/exploding-whales.html (362 words)

	TickleBooth
		A dead whale lands on the beach, and has to be removed by the Oregon Highway Division.
		The OHD uses Dynamite, hoping to blast the whale into tiny pieces for the seagulls to eat, and to blow the rest into the sea.
		Much of the whale remains at the blast site, and has to be bulldozed into the sand.” People running scared afraid of Whale pieces hitting them will always be funny.
	ticklebooth.com /2006/03/the-exploding-whale (259 words)

	Animals/Exploding Whale/son of blubber
		It is archived on cathouse.org with the permission of the Oregon Department of Transportation in order to reach the broadest number of people.
		The blast pulverized only part of the whale, sending pieces soaring -- not toward the ocean, as planned, but toward people watching from the dunes.
		Epilogue: When a pod of 41 sperm whales washed ashore in nearly the same location in 1979, State Parks officials burned and buried them.
	tafkac.org /animals/exploding.whale/son_of_blubber.html (865 words)

	KOMO-TV - Seattle, Washington - News Archive - Have You Heard The Tale Of The Exploding Whale?
		The legendary story involves a dead whale, a half ton of dynamite, and bits of blubber falling from the sky.
		The Oregon Highway Division not only had a whale of a problem on its hands, but a stinky whale of a problem: What to do with one 45-foot, 8-ton whale, dead on arrival on the beach near Florence.
		In selecting its battle plan, the Highway Division decided the carcass couldn't be buried because it might be uncovered, it couldn't be cut up and then buried because no one wanted to cut it up, and it couldn't be burned, so dynamite it was -- some 20 cases, or a half ton of it.
	www.komotv.com /stories/28338.htm (429 words)

	BigHoaxes.com - Exploding Whale Story
		The exploding whale story has also been going around for years and has its own website.
		was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea
		Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of
	www.bighoaxes.com /hoaxe_11_231.html (338 words)

	Exploding Videos
		A 8 Ton whale gets washed up on the beach, so the locals decide that the best way to get rid of it is to blow it sky high using half a Ton of...
		This footage was recovered from a passenger's camera to see what happened during the final moments of this flight when it was descending...
		Turn off "exploding" windows animation in XP.This makes navigating Windows XP a lot quicker especially if you are dealing with lot of windows...
	www.metacafe.com /tags/exploding (303 words)

	TheExplodingWhale.com » Annotated transcript of the video (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It had to be said, the Oregon State Highway Division not only had a whale of a problem on its hands, it had a stinking whale of a problem: what to do with one 45-foot, 8-ton whale, dead on arrival, on a beach near Florence.
		About seventy-five bystanders, most of them residents who had first found the whale to be an object of curiosity before they tired of its smell, were moved back a quarter of a mile away.
		While originally reported to be a Pacific gray whale, Linnman later corrected himself in his 2003 book The Exploding Whale and Other Remarkable Stories from the Evening News after consulting with renowned marine biologist Dr. Bruce Mate, who was actually on the beach the day they blew up the whale.
	www.theexplodingwhale.com.cob-web.org:8888 /evidence/resources/transcript (769 words)

	The tale of the incredible exploding whale - Delaware Wave - delmarvanow.com
		According to newspaper articles published in the Register-Guard the stench of the rotting whale was more than residents could stand and soon "the number one lunch counter topic in Florence," according to reporter Larry Bacon, was how in the world to get rid of the whale.
		Bacon described it as a "100-foot reddish-colored column of sand and whale" in the sky.
		Fortunately perhaps learning from the story of the "Incredible Exploding Whale" officials decided to move it with bulldozers rather than opting for explosives.
	www.delmarvanow.com /bethanybeach/stories/20060517/2285041.html (445 words)

	Lot 49: The Exploding Whale This story, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is a completely true story, and one that I guarantee you will not soon forget.
		The carcass of a sperm whale had been rotting on the beach just south of Florence, OR for several days.
		At the time, the Oregon Highway Division (now called the Oregon Department of Transportation) had jurisdiction over beaches and decided to dispose of the whale the same way they would clear a large boulder from a highway construction project.
	www.lot49.com /2001/12/the_exploding_whale_this_story.html (136 words)

	Pop Life
		Unfortunately, the heat in Southern Taiwan caused the internal gases within the whale to build up and next thing you know, BOOM, it's a shower of whale guts.
		The whale's penis measures 1.6m in length and it looks like a thick water pipe.
		Same friend who told me about the exploding whale story also mentioned Mr.
	o-dub.com /weblog/2004/01/exploding-cetaceans-asian-american.html (789 words)

	TheExplodingWhale.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Now the BBC is reporting that our beloved Exploding Whale video —; which you can watch right here — is the fifth most watched viral video on the web!
		PS: If you haven’t watched the exploding whale video in a while, you should do so today: click to play the video.
		The University of Oregon Computer & Information Science Department has published a short article about my involvement with the Exploding Whale in their alumni newsletter.
	www.hackstadt.com.cob-web.org:8888 /features/whale (1431 words)

	Amazon.com: The Exploding Whale: And Other Remarkable Stories from the Evening News: Books: Paul Linnman,Doug Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		To Oregon television viewers, Paul Linnman is a familiar, friendly voice and face they've welcomed into their homes as a reporter, anchorman and talk show host for most of the last 35 years.
		To the rest of the world, he's "the guy who blew up the whale." Which is kind of a shame, in a way.
		All the spectators got sprayed with whale goo, and had to dodge hunks of falling blubber.
	amazon.com /Exploding-Whale-Remarkable-Stories-Evening/dp/1558687432 (1370 words)

	Haight Speech: The Amazing Exploding Whale of Tainan
		Today's exploding whale (caution: graphic photographs) is brought to you by dumb researchers at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan:
		You may be wondering what other exploding whales I have in mind that I would call this one "today's" exploding whale.
		What was remarkable about that incident was not merely that the authorities decided that TNT was an ideal method for disposing of a beached whale carcass, nor the fact that large chunks of whale were subsequently responsible for damage to nearby cars, but that a local news crew caught the entire incident on video.
	www.leftist.org /haightspeech/archives/000128.html (1322 words)

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