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Back in 2004, a sperm whale had been found beached and dying on the shores of Taiwan. It died by the time help arrived, so they were moving the body to the Shi-Tsao Natural Preserve to be examined at the order of Professor Wang Chien-ping after the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan said it would not accept the body.

The body had other plans, choosing to go out with a bang. Literally. The gases within the decomposing giant had built up enough to pop its belly, spilling the stomach and other random organs into the streets of Tainan. Entrails!

From what they could tell, the whale was a 50 ton bull, 17 meters long (~55 feet). National Geographic is playing a documentary this weekend on the event. I could not find a listing for it online, but some person in the wtf_nature community said it is so it must be true.

bbc article on original explosion

Baby popping is tough work, and everything leading up to it is a pain in the, um, vagina. The uterus and whole lower half of the body gets all weird, breasts get super tender… it sucks. Yualin’s Hau Sheng Hospital in Taiwan now has a Hello Kitty-themed maternity ward in hopes of brightening the spirits of those in pain or super stressed out.

Director Tsai Tsung-chi opened up the hospital on his own dime — it comes out to 3 million US dollars — because his mom likes the cat. And his wife. And his daughter.

THERE’S A SLIDESHOW OF PICTURES YES clicky ~here~ to see three more pictures.

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yahoo article