Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Tharrr she Blooows!!!

A whale being transported in Japan Taiwan explodes. Yes, it blows up.

Residents of Tainan learned a lesson in whale biology after the decomposing remains of a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours.

The 56-foot-long whale had been on a truck headed for a necropsy by researchers, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.

And if that didn't fill your bizarro quota for the day...

Once moved to a nearby nature preserve, the male specimen -- the largest whale ever recorded in Taiwan -- drew the attention of locals because of its large penis, measured at some five feet, the Taipei Times reported.

"More than 100 Tainan city residents, mostly men, have reportedly gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its penis," the newspaper reported.

H/T Midtopia.

2 comments:

Henry Louis Gomez said...

Machete,

Tawain is not in Japan. Other than that, very funny.

machete said...

Where the hell did I get Japan from???? I've written about the Taiwan/China conflict... I've written about Japan... I know better...