When an eight-ton sperm whale washed ashore on the Oregon coast, officials believed dynamite was the fastest way to remove the rotting carcass. Instead, the massive explosion launched huge pieces of whale hundreds of feet through the air,

Orcas spotted ramming into giant fish carcasses and watching them explode for fun - Behaviour may also be strategy to portion food for juveniles, researchers say

Killer whales are smart predators. Researchers recently caught them engaging in an extremely unusual behavior: They seemed to be bashing a fish to bits!

An adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in its mouth. Seconds later, it releases its prey, right in the path of another adult orca that’s torpedoing up from the depths.

It’s been speculated they might do this for fun,” said Carlos Duarte, the co-author of a study documenting the unique behavior.

The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The sands at Farewell Spit where the nearly 700 pilot whales ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screen grab shows the bloated carcass of a dead humpback whale floating off the Danish island of Anholt. After unsuccessful attempts to remove it, the carcass of the humpback whale ...

Timmy the whale, recently deceased, is at risk of exploding soon. The young humpback whale that first captured the internet's attention after becoming stranded in shallow waters of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Germany, eventually launching an expensive ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — Conservation officials have been puncturing the carcasses of hundreds of dead pilot whales ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florence, Oregon, is famous for an exploding whale, but the town has much more to offer. It sits near the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area and about three hours from Portland.