I have heard a story and I am not sure if it is true or not .
It involves some city council a whale's rotring carcass and an explosion of this whale.
Actually there are a few cases - the first whale was blown up in 1970 by using dynamite - here is the video http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5026749082260400566
Another whale was blown up at sea to make the carcass sink. This decision was made as the carcass would have been a great health risk. Samples of the animal have been taken to hopefully establish the cause of death as there were no visible injuries.
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,88173,00.html
The other well-reported case of an exploding whale was in Taiwan in 2004 when a buildup of gas inside a decomposing sperm whale caused it to explode while it was being transported for an examination.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=4096586&p1=0
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3437455.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale
I was late for work this morning, because I got stuck in Zeno's paradox
I also heard this story a couple of years ago. I think it was in California, and it is not an urban legend. The story is that a whale carcass washed up on the shore, and the city council wanted to get rid of it so they decided to blow it up. I don't recall all the details. but it was a resounding disaster.
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