Ichthyosaurs were giant marine reptiles that existed between 90 and 245 million years ago. This was, in case you weren’t sure, before the Internet. But still, one wonders — if the interweb were around during the Jurassic period, do you think there would have been an Exploding Ichthyosaur website? Recently, a group of scientists published a paper that could help answer that question.
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Inflatable whales gathered around Sydney Harbor, Australia, to mark the start of the annual whale migration season in that area.
A popular beach on the Washington coast became home to a dead gray whale, and the state moved quickly to bury the carcass before scores of clam diggers were to arrive just two days later. The 38-foot female was the third whale to wash up in the area in recent years.
In the report linked below, the reporter makes explicit mention of Oregon’s Exploding Whale:
“I think it’s the best thing they can do, unless they can take it out there and let the fish eat it or whatever,” she said.
That’s wouldn’t work; it would just come back with the tide.
And everyone knows that blowing it up is a lousy idea. They tried that, with disastrous results some years back in Florence, Oregon.
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All 40th anniversary content has been archived on our new 40th anniversary page. This includes several news articles, still images, and three videos.
Friday, November 12, 2010, marks the 40th anniversary of Oregon’s Exploding Whale. Please take a moment to reflect.
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The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds.
- Paul Linnman, TV news reporter, Nov. 12, 1970
Details are few, but a humpback whale was euthanized with explosives on September 29, 2010, after stranding on a reef near Struisbaai Harbour, South Africa. It was determined that the 30-foot whale was sick and had little chance of survival.
Links to a couple news articles are available on our permanent archive page:
Thanks to reader David R., we’ve learned about a stranded humpback whale that was euthanized via an explosive charge. The sick 31-foot, 12-ton whale had been stuck in Princess Royal Harbor in southwestern Australia for two weeks. Authorities imposed a 1-km exclusion zone around the whale before detonating a charge directly above the whale’s brain. Officials plan to bury the carcass.
Watch: news video from Perth Now
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Exploding whales are more common than one might think, and they actually come in several different forms. In order to get some perspective on the topic, consider the following guide:
Then, examine some of the following pages, or use our exclusive interactive exploding whale locator map below:
WARNING: Some of these pages contain images that may be disturbing or offensive.
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