oceany: Exploding whale

The explosion threw whale flesh up to 800 feet (240 metres) away, and its odor lingered for some time.

There have been several cases of natural or intentional explosion of whale carcasses. Naturally, this occurs due to a buildup of gas in the decomposition process. This can occur when a whale strands itself ashore. Explosives have also been used intentionally by humans to assist in disposing of whale carcasses, ordinarily after towing the carcass out to sea, and as part of a beach cleaning effort. It was reported as early as 1928, when an attempt to preserve a carcass failed due to faulty chemical usages. A widely reported case of an exploding whale occurred in Florence, Oregon, in November 1970, when the Oregon Highway Division (now the Oregon Department of Transportation) blew up a decaying sperm whale with dynamite to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh up to 800 feet (240 metres) away, and its odor lingered for some time. American humorist Dave Barry wrote about it in his newspaper column in 1990 after viewing television footage of the explosion, and later the same footage from news station KATU circulated on the Internet. It was also parodied in the 2007 American film Reno 911!: Miami, the 2018 Australian film Swinging Safari, and the 2010 The Simpsons episode, "The Squirt and the Whale". It has since been honored by the Eugene Emeralds of Minor League Baseball in 2023. An example of a spontaneously bursting whale carcass occurred in Taiwan in J…

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