Reporters look back, more or less fondly, in this video, at the most famous exploding whale incident of the 20th century. As the video in this video shows, a dead whale washed up on a beach, and local authorities tried to dispose of the remains by using dynamite. The result was more fervent than they […]
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Deciding not to blow up a cow (officially)
The US Forest Service has decided to not use its standard disposal-by-detonation procedure in the celebrated case of the forlornly frozen cows, which we described recently. MSNBC/US News reports [HT Adam Orbit, again]: Solution found for dead cows stuck in mountain cabin: saws What to do with the carcasses of six cows inside a U.S. […]
How to blow up a cow (officially)
The BBC reports (HT Adam Orbit) that US authorities might explode some dead cows: Frozen Colorado cows may be blown up A group of stray cows that froze to death in the Colorado mountains must be blown up or set on fire to avoid water contamination, forestry officials say. The carcasses were discovered near the Conundrum Hot […]