   what in the hell is this picture of?
saw it on collegehumor and it appears to be a whale, but what happened to it? 
  That's the whale that exploded in the streets. Here's the other picture of it from a different angle: [edited by - DigitalChaos on February 10, 2004 4:19:00 AM];  Reminds me of the movie Tremors when those worm things blowup   MindEngine Developmenthttp://medev.sourceforge.net;  more info!was it alive? where did it happen? when? ;  The whale was found dead and washed up on the local beach. The council decided it needed to be cleaned up and that meant hauling it somewhere they could deal with it (Some sort of uber-morgue). Anyway, the trouble with large dying animals like this is that they begin to decay and decompose on the inside faster than the outside. All that decomposition results in a large amount of gas being produced and if there is no opening for it to escape from the corpse slowly builds up pressure inside. In this case the thing exploded as they hauled it through town. There are many cases where animal autopsies start with a quick incision followed by a bursting stomach/chest. ;  I can''t even imagine how bad that must have smelled. ;  that was the sperm whale some time agoT2k ;  Exploding, rotten whale guts.  Fucking ew. ;  Fond memories of Fallout come to mind.... ;  Ah.. the easter egg based on THGTTG. 