Okay, I just saw this and had to read it. I am now sorry I did because at first I thought it was something humorous, based on the lead in ... unfortunately there was a picture. Since this is a pictureless blog site you will be spared the graphic photo, but so you don't feel slighted here is the story:

Decomposing Whale Explodes on Taiwan Street

TAIPEI (Jan 29) - The decomposing remains of a 66-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy Taiwan street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours, local newspapers said.

The 56-foot dead whale had been on a truck headed for an autopsy at a university earlier this week, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.

The whale had died after it was beached on the southwestern coast of the island.

My question? Why did they feel it necessary to put it on a truck and haul it through the populace, just to do an autopsy? It had been alive, now it is dead. Give it a burial at sea or on the beach ... it is 56 feet long ... and had you seen the picture you too would know that it's entrails and blood doused buildings and cars lining both sides of 4 lane road. UGH.