Whale chunks shower small Taiwanese town after whale explodes, news at 11.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3437455.stm
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Whale chunks shower small Taiwanese town after whale explodes, news at 11.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3437455.stm
Wow, I thought that this kind of thing only happened in Oregon.
Yeah it turns out that was a waste of dynamite - all they had to do was wait until it blew up on its own.Quote:
Originally posted by Viva
Wow, I thought that this kind of thing only happened in Oregon.
Ah yes, the infamous Oregon whale explosion of 1970. Quite the waste of explosives, and quite hilarious.Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
Yeah it turns out that was a waste of dynamite - all they had to do was wait until it blew up on its own.
Quicktime video of the news broadcast:
http://home.comcast.net/~jlhacks/wha...ale.vid-hi.mov
Yeah, worked so well back then that 30 years later they tried it on an ocean going freighter...silly Oregonians.Quote:
Originally posted by boarderline
Ah yes, the infamous Oregon whale explosion of 1970. Quite the waste of explosives, and quite hilarious.
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