More Exploding Whales

About this page...

Exploding whales are more common than one might think, and they actually come in several different forms. The pages below document the range of possibilities through real-world examples.

➤ Our Exploding Whale Locator Map shows all of these incidents on a map.

➤ Our Taxonomy of Cetacean Detonation offers some scholarly perspective on the topic.

• Australia (7/31/2001)

• South Africa (8/7/2001)

• South Africa (8/21/2001)

• South Africa (9/24/2003)

• Taiwan (1/26/2004)

• South Africa (9/20/2004)

• California, USA (8/18/2005)

• South Africa (9/14/2005)

• Australia (9/30/2008)

• Australia (9/2/2010)

• South Africa (9/29/2010)

• Faroe Islands (11/26/2013)