Residents of Tainan, Taiwan, discovered this the hard way when a 60-ton male whale on its way to a scientific institution for a necropsy burst in the middle of a busy street. While their huge mouths and bodily cavities can retain the death burp for a long time, they are prone to eventually releasing it for maximum effect.
Gassy outbursts like this one are a normal component of these creatures' disintegration, and stories of exploding whales have spread across the globe.Īlso Read: Beached Sperm Whale Bore Massive Scars After Deadly Fight Against Giant Squid Whale Explosionĭead whales have found their way to shores and even the Staten Island coast with their bellies full of gas (a particularly memorable carcass for its near-spherical appearance) Following a gory explosion, everything from guts to lungs and what seems to be a spleen started coming out of the the lifeless whale's mouth. Since it's just a brief piece of video before the whale's identity is obscured by a billowing torrent of blood and organs, it's impossible to tell what type of whale is floating on the surface, although gray whales, blue whales, and humpback whales are the most popular marine mammals in the region.īiologically fascinating is one way to describe it, as the clip soon became a game - Guess The Internal Organ.
(Photo : Getty Images) Exploding Whale Carcass