What do a whale and a stick of dynamite have in common?
They're both wider than Barack Obama. (except if you count them ears, commonly refered as solar sails)
While this story is good, the best exploding dead whale story comes from Taiwan in Jan 2004.
Dead whale on beach. Let’s take it to the university for study. After much hassle whale is loaded on an open flatbed truck. While being transported through the center of Tainan city buildup of decomposition gasses causes whale to explode. Store windows shattered, passersby and autos covered with foul smelling whale guts and intestinal contents.