# Whale Go KABOOM! WHEEEEE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564 "2004-01-29T13:10:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/1 "2004-01-29T13:10:21Z")
MAKE IT DO IT AGAIN, MOMMY! MAKE THE DEAD WHALE GO KABOOMIE-STINKY ALL OVER THE STREET AGAIN! BABY **BOSDA** THINKS KABOOM-STINKY IS FUNNY! [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3437455.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3437455.stm) This posting brought to you courtesy of the Bosda Di’Chi Foundation For Refined Discourse On The WWW, And By The Fox News Network Foundation For Accuracy In Journalism. Thank You. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/2 "2004-01-29T13:18:16Z")
Someone beat you to it Bosda! Guess we Dopers have a fascination for refined humor! 😛 > **[Moby Ka-Boom! Or: Exothermic Cetacean Tricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237050)** > > Sperm whale explodes in Tainan City Acting as a concerned citizen, I emailed this story to Dave Barry immediately. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/3 "2004-01-29T13:24:42Z")
is it just me, or are exploding animals the most amusing thing ever? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/4 "2004-01-29T13:43:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Someone beat you to it Bosda! Guess we Dopers have a fascination for refined humor! 😛 > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237050](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237050) Hmmph! _Mine_ is funnier! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/5 "2004-01-29T19:34:38Z")
I wonder if there is any research into exploding animals. What other types of animals explode, and how forcefully. I’m sure I’ve heard of exploding cows, and spontanious human combustion comes to mind (though I believe that is a fast burn using the whick effect rather than an actual explosion). Do we really know the insenduary propperties of various species? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/6 "2004-01-29T19:57:43Z")
Ugh, getting showered with rotting whale guts is a pretty bad way to start the day. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/7 "2004-01-29T22:30:01Z")
If you want to see a larger picture (admit it, you do), [here’s one](http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20040129/mdf459693.jpg). Caution: not for those with a weak stomach. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/8 "2004-01-30T03:40:20Z")
There’s an old thread around here someplace asking what the most disgusting smells are–I’m quite sure that doberman pinschers are susceptible to exploding sometime after death. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/9 "2004-01-30T05:39:23Z")
That whale last supper must have been bean-shrimp… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/10 "2004-01-30T08:41:03Z")
> [@Running with Scissors](#): > > If you want to see a larger picture (admit it, you do), [here’s one](http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20040129/mdf459693.jpg). > > Caution: not for those with a weak stomach. I don’t know why, but the expression of the guy looking at it just cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/11 "2004-01-30T13:39:08Z")
I had expected this to be a reprise of the famous exploding whale video. I love that video, it makes me laugh every time. Hmmmm. Maybe I’ll have to hunt it up. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/12 "2004-01-30T13:46:16Z")
Didn’t one of the Kings of England explode? I mean, _after_ he was dead. _Obviously_, a respectable person doesn’t go about merely _exploding!_ ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/13 "2004-01-30T16:48:26Z")
Any sign of a bowl of petunias nearby? ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/14 "2004-01-30T19:00:22Z")
You’re all missing the point. This whale had a \*\* [5 feet penis !](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4096586/) \*\* [Quote=MSNBC] “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. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/15 "2004-01-30T19:39:25Z")
What’s going to impress me is if that moped parked there _after_ the whale blew up. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/16 "2004-01-30T19:54:24Z")
That’d be an interesting excuse for being late to work or school. Boss: “So, why are you late this time?” Employee covered in whale guts: “Um, because a whale exploded while I was on the way to work. That’s why I’m covered in whale chunks.” Boss: “Yeah, right. Like I haven’t heard that one before.” ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/17 "2004-01-30T20:09:23Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Any sign of a bowl of petunias nearby? Oh no, not again. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/18 "2004-01-30T22:37:17Z")
Dinged with a dong. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/19 "2004-01-30T22:44:04Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Oh no, not again. Improbability’s a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564/20 "2004-01-30T23:11:55Z")
[In Oregon](http://www.hackstadt.com/features/whale/), they don’t always wait for their whales to spontaneously explode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-go-kaboom-wheeeee/226564.md?page=2)