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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shocked fishermen could not believe their eyes when they discovered a floating whale carcass ready to explode after it inflated due to trapped gases. The Norwegian crew first spotted a huge black ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...