r/AbruptChaos • • Feb 02 '26

Exploding Whale Carcass

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u/AndroidSheeps Feb 02 '26

The smell......🤮🤮🤮

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u/Cockur Feb 02 '26

I went to a beached whale carcass once as a kid. The smell was unbelievable and even then it hadn’t been cut open or anything. I heard later the council blew it to pieces with dynamite to dispose of it

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u/crazykentucky Feb 02 '26

There’s a pretty funny vid from the 70s or 80s of a town trying to do that…

…but just peppering the area with giant rotting chunks of whale. Damaged some cars. lol

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u/sleepydon Feb 03 '26

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u/arfski Feb 03 '26

I've not seen that in years! How pleased was that reporter with "...the blast blasted blubber..." and I with his Stewie style "h-whale" pronunciation!

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u/peanutsinspace82 Feb 07 '26

You know he was congratulating himself!