Monday, March 17, 2008
The day when a Sperm Whale exploded in the taiwanese traffic
I recognize that the title of this post souds a little bit surrealistic but this is what actually happened in january 2004 in Taiwan:
A 56-foot, 60-ton sperm whale died on a beach in Taiwan in January, 2004. Researchers wanted the carcass to perform an autopsy and for research, so they loaded the whale onto a tractor-trailer and set out through the city of Tainan, heading for the Shi-Tsau Natural Preserve. It took 13 hours, three cranes and 50 workers to get the whale loaded on the truck. Unfortunately, on the way through the city, gasses built up to a critical level in the whale and it exploded, spewing whale guts in the street, on the cars and over pedestrians. According to witnesses, the smell was pretty bad. Residents and shop owners put on masks and tried to clean up the mess. Eventually the whale continued its journey to the research center.
Believe it or not the thing this man is pointing is the sperm whale penis...
The whale loading on the truck:
See all the pictures here
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