Hundreds of rescuers managed to save around 400 pilot whales on the South Island beach at the weekend AUTHORITIES in New Zealand are planning to cut holes in 300 whale carcasses today to avoid them ...

Why do whales explode when they die? A decomposing whale carcass generates gases which build up inside their stomach and large internal organs. This then causes them to expand, but whale skin and ...

Extraordinary video footage has shown the moment a decomposing whale is lifted from the waters of a port in Belgium after concerns that it was about to explode. The unfortunate ten-metre long marine ...

Exploding whales—they boast a fairly brief, but dramatic history on the internet. Of course, who could forget this horrifying, totally disgusting, but oddly compelling video of a sperm whale carcass ...

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The ...

Hundreds of whales stranded on a New Zealand beach have died as authorities cut holes in their carcasses to prevent them from exploding. Rescuers managed to rescue up to 400 pilot whales on the South ...

The race is on to remove a washed-up minke whale from an English beach 'before it explodes'. It comes after the 40ft mammal was spotted by a walker on the shore near a windfarm in South Gare, Redcar ...

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We have much to learn from the exploding whale of Florence, Oregon, USA The year is 1970 and a 45-foot sperm whale has washed up onto the beach of Florence, Oregon, USA. Officials in the town don’t ...

AUTHORITIES in New Zealand are planning to cut holes in 300 whale carcasses today to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than 600 whales became stranded. Hundreds of ...

THERE are around 2,000 whale strandings recorded worldwide every year. Sadly, most result in the death of the animal, and some have even been known to exploded. A decomposing whale carcass generates ...