Editing Exploding whale (section)

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* In 1928, entrepreneurs Harold L. Anfenger and M. C. Hutton accidentally exploded a whale carcass they were attempting to preserve for a [[sideshow]] when the [[Embalming|embalmer]] they had hired badly misjudged the balance of salt and [[formaldehyde]] necessary to preserve the specimen.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pyne|first=Lydia|title=Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff|publisher=Bloomsbury Sigma|year=2019|isbn=978-1-4729-6183-9|location=London|pages=181–182|oclc=1079865992}}</ref>
* Whale corpses are regularly disposed of using explosives; however, the whales are usually first towed out to sea. Government-sanctioned explosions have occurred in South Africa, [[Iceland]], and Australia.<ref name="mbl">{{cite news
 | title=Hvalhræ dregið út á haf og síðan aftur upp í fjöru
 | trans-title=Whale pulled out to sea and then back up the beach
 | work=[[Morgunblaðið|mbl.is]]
 | language=is
 | url=http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/frett.html?nid=1142126
 | date=June 5, 2005
 | access-date=July 17, 2013
 | archive-date=January 12, 2008
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112112833/http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/frett.html?nid=1142126
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref name="ABC1">{{cite news
 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-09-02/explosive-end-for-sick-whale/2246266
 | title=Explosive end for sick whale
 | work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]
 | date=September 2, 2010
 | access-date=July 17, 2013
 | archive-date=December 12, 2013
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212085928/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-09-02/explosive-end-for-sick-whale/2246266
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 }}</ref>
* A number of controlled explosions have been made in South Africa. Explosives were used to kill a beached [[humpback whale]] {{convert|25|mi|km|0}} west of [[Gqeberha|Port Elizabeth]] on August 6, 2001,<ref name="byelopravda">{{cite news
 | first=Timofei|last=Byelo
 | title=Explosives Used To Blow Up Whale in South Africa|url=http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/2001/08/08/12005.html
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128094050/http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/2001/08/08/12005.html
 | date=August 8, 2001
 | archive-date=November 28, 2004
 | work=Pravda.ru
 | access-date=June 6, 2005
}}</ref> while a [[southern right whale]] that beached near [[Cape Town]] on September 15, 2005, was killed by authorities through detonation. In the latter instance, the authorities stated that the whale could not have been saved, and that the use of explosives in such cases was recommended by the [[International Whaling Commission]].<ref>{{cite news
 | title=Beached whale killed with explosives
 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/beached-whale-killed-with-explosives/2005/09/15/1126377408417.html
 | work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
 | date=September 15, 2005
 | access-date=July 17, 2013
 | archive-date=October 25, 2012
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025214401/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/beached-whale-killed-with-explosives/2005/09/15/1126377408417.html
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> A few weeks after the Port Elizabeth explosion, the carcass of a second humpback was dragged out to sea and explosives were used to break it into pieces so it would not pose a hazard to shipping.<ref name="dispatch">{{cite news
 | title=Stranded humpback dies
 | url=http://www.dispatch.za.com/content/default.php
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100711174906/http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/08/22/easterncape/AHUMPBAC.HTM
 | archive-date = July 11, 2010
 | work=[[Daily Dispatch|Dispatchonline]]
 | date=August 22, 2001
 | access-date=January 8, 2007
}}</ref> Yet another explosion was performed in Bonza Bay on September 20, 2004, when an adult humpback whale died after beaching itself. In order to sink the whale, authorities towed it out to sea, affixed explosives to it, and set them off from a distance.<ref name="sthafricawhale">{{cite news
 |title=Beached whale towed, blown up at sea 
 |url=http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,88173,00.html 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111222705/http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0%2C2172%2C88173%2C00.html 
 |date=September 20, 2004 
 |archive-date=January 11, 2008 
 |work=[[South African Broadcasting Corporation|SABC]]news 
 |access-date=January 8, 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref>
*A whale carcass adrift in the Icelandic harbour of [[Hafnarfjörður]] was split in two by a controlled explosion on June 5, 2005. The remains were dragged out to sea; however, they soon drifted back, and eventually had to be tied down.<ref name="mbl"/>
* On September 2, 2010, a {{convert|9.5|m|ft|1|order=flip|adj=on}} humpback whale that had been stranded for two weeks near the [[Western Australia]]n city of [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]] was killed by the [[Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)|Department of Environment and Conservation]] using explosives.<ref name="ABC1"/><ref name="ABC2">{{cite news
 | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/02/3000558.htm
 | title=Stranded whale to be blown up in harbour
 | work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]
 | date=September 2, 2010
 | access-date=July 17, 2013
 | archive-date=February 14, 2011
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214120902/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/02/3000558.htm
 | url-status=dead
 }}</ref> The department had planned to let the whale die of natural causes, but decided to kill the animal with explosives after it repositioned itself on a [[shoal|sandbar]].<ref name="ABC1"/>
* A [[sperm whale]] carcass burst in [[Við Áir]], [[Faroe Islands]], on November 26, 2013, when measures were taken to avoid a larger burst by perforating its skin. Footage of the incident was shown on [[Kringvarp Føroya]], the national Faroese broadcaster.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 26, 2013 |title=Hvalurin brestur við Áir |trans-title=The whale breaks at Áir |url=http://kvf.fo/netvarp/sv/2013/11/26/hvalurin-brestur-vid-air |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129105016/http://kvf.fo/netvarp/sv/2013/11/26/hvalurin-brestur-vid-air |archive-date=November 29, 2013 |access-date=November 26, 2013 |work=[[Kringvarp Føroya]] |language=is}}</ref>
* In April 2014, officials in [[Trout River, Newfoundland and Labrador|Trout River]], Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, expressed concern that the carcass of a [[blue whale]] which had washed ashore might burst, as it had expanded to twice its normal size from trapped gas.<ref name=BBC_TroutRiver>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27210992
 | title=Dead blue whale 'might explode' in Newfoundland town
 | work=[[BBC News]]
 | date=April 29, 2014
 | access-date=April 29, 2014
 | archive-date=April 29, 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429201029/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27210992
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 }}</ref>
* One of three sperm whales that died after becoming beached on the [[Lincolnshire]] coast near [[Skegness]], United Kingdom in January 2016 burst due to a build-up of gases in the carcass, after a marine biologist cut into it while trying to perform a post-mortem. The bursting caused a "huge blast of air".<ref>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/whale-explodes-on-skegness-beach-as-coastguard-investigate-fifth-sighting-a6832696.html
 | title=Whale 'explodes' on Skegness beach as coastguard investigate fifth sighting
 | work=[[The Independent]]
 | date=January 25, 2016
 | access-date=January 25, 2016
 | archive-date=January 25, 2016
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125160745/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/whale-explodes-on-skegness-beach-as-coastguard-investigate-fifth-sighting-a6832696.html
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