Watch Nature Shock online: Episode 3 The Whale that Blew Up in the Street

On January 26, 2004, the body of a 50-tonne sperm whale being transported to a Taiwanese university spontaneously exploded during transit - creating a macabre scene of devastation on a busy street in Tainan. The series explores the reasons behind the surreal event, suggesting that decomposition processes, coupled with thriving bacterial activity within the carcass, were the cause of the occurance

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