Timmy the whale, recently deceased, could explode soon. “The pressure inside is building up more and more, and at some point ...

Eventually, they can explode. They don’t all explode, and this whale might not explode. But they can, and usually when they do, and someone’s there with a camera, it produces a pretty dramatic image.

When a whale washes up on shore, it can become a massive ticking time bomb. Decomposing whales build up immense pressure, sometimes leading to violent explosions of gas, blubber, and guts. From ...