Authorities in Co Kerry are investigating how to dispose of a 19-metre long whale that has washed up on a beach near Baile an Sceilg. The fin whale, which is the second largest mammal on the planet, washed ashore at the weekend and is already decomposing.

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[–]VantaFount 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Perhaps if we put tons of explosives on the land-facing side of the whale and then set them off......

[–]neolib[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

A widely reported case of an exploding whale occurred in Florence, Oregon, in November 1970, when the Oregon Highway Division (now the Oregon Department of Transportation) blew up a decaying sperm whale with dynamite in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh around 800 feet (240 metres) away, and its odor lingered for some time. American humorist Dave Barry wrote about it in his newspaper column in 1990 after viewing television footage of the explosion, and later the same footage from news station KATU circulated on the Internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale

[–]VantaFount 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

SHHHHH! Don't tell them! We need higher-quality footage of an exploding whale!