Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. on November 9, 1970, officials in Florence, Oregon, decided a 45-foot-long stinky sperm whale needed to go. A whale that dies ...
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Oregon’s exploding whale became a bizarre public disaster
Oregon’s attempt to remove a dead sperm whale by explosion became a chaotic and cautionary tale.
Eager to clear a popular beach in the US of a beached sperm whale, local authorities hatched upon a dramatic solution on November 12, 1970. The 14m sperm whale was too heavy and in too difficult a ...
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