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It's Exploding Whale Day in Oregon. Look back at the coastal blunder 55 years later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sight. The scavengers. The smell. These were the main problems Oregonians were facing when a dead sperm whale washed up on a ...
Oregonian

Oregon’s exploding whale: How the 1970 disposal disaster became cultural phenomenon

Happy botched whale corpse disposal day to you and yours. Just last year, Florence Mayor Rob Ward stood in front of a small crowd at Exploding Whale Memorial Park to announce that the whole month of ...
Willamette Week

“Oh Whale” Explores Oregon’s Infamous Exploding-Whale Video

The word “meme” didn’t exist when Paul Linnman and Doug Brazil—a KATU-TV reporter and cameraman, respectively—chartered a flight from Portland to Florence one cool November day in 1970, and the notion ...
WTOL

Scientists made a breakthrough in the study of whale sounds. Here's a look at the numbers

PORTLAND, Maine(AP) — Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals ...
The Register-Guard

It's Exploding Whale Day in Oregon. Look back at the coastal blunder 55 years later

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...
MyNorthwest.com

Scientists made a breakthrough in the study of whale sounds. Here’s a look at the numbers

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals ...