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A simulation has revealed what happened when authorities in Florence, Oregon decided to explode a dead sperm whale in 1970 in order to remove its remains.

These whales never get closer than 80 to 100 miles off of shore and they prefer deeper water. "Our most recent sperm whale stranding in Alabama was in 2020," Russel said.

KATU was there live to film the whole strange story. On November 9, 1970, a dead sperm whale washed ashore on a beach in Florence.

In November 1970, a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach near Florence on the Oregon Coast. To get rid of it, officials decided to put dynamite around it and blow it up.

It has been 44 years since America’s first viral news story occurred. It all went down on a beach in Florence, Oregon when the carcass of a 45-foot sperm whale was exploded on the beach by an ...

As the whale’s internal organs broke down, a buildup of gases such as methane and carbon dioxide accumulated within the carcass. This retention of decomposition byproducts, sometimes called a “death ...