http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...340760914.html
A dead, 50-tonne sperm whale exploded in a busy street in Taiwan, showering passers-by in blubber, blood and innards.
The 17-metre whale died after beaching itself and was being hauled to a research station through Tainan City on Wednesday on a flat-bed truck.
Television reports showed a pavement, street and several parked cars covered in dead whale fallout.
"What a stinking mess! This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful," said one resident quoted by the etaiwannews.com website.
The explosion was caused by a build-up of gasses in the decomposing carcass.
"When the pressure build-up was too great, the whale's belly just exploded and spilled blood and the innards on the street," the website said, quoting National Cheng Kung University marine biologist Professor Wang Chien-ping.
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