OH MY GOD! LOOK AT THE LAST LINE OF THIS ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thar she blows! Dead whale explodes
(article from MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4096586/)
TAIPEI - 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.
Residents and shop owners wore masks while trying to clean up the spilt blood and entrails.
"What a stinking mess. This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful," a BBC News report quoted one Tainan resident as saying. The sperm whale was being carried by truck through Tainan.
The whale had died on Jan. 17 after it beached itself on the southwestern coast of the island.
Researchers at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan said enough of the whale remained to allow for an examination by marine biologists.
Once moved to a nearby nature preserve, the male specimen -- the largest whale ever recorded in Taiwan -- drew the attention of locals because of its large penis, measured at some five feet, the Taipei Times reported.
"More than 100 Tainan city residents, mostly men, have reportedly gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its penis," the newspaper reported.
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"...have gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its penis." My Taiwanese brothers and sisters...it's bad enough that a whale explodes in the middle of your city, but did you really have to clamor in front of newsreporters to visit a corpse and "experience" its five-foot penis? Couldn't you have at least pretended to be a little more nonchalant about it? I swear, I'm afraid what my relatives back in Taiwan are going to send me on their Christmas cards this year...
