Rotting carcass of humpback whale. He took the photos on Saturday, after initially thinking the shape was a boat. Alejandro Castro. Their main threats are entanglement in fishing gear, vessel ...

A picture shows the dead humpback whale on Rainbow Beach in Queensland, Australia. A company that normally moves trucks and other vehicles was called in to help remove its rotting carcass.

After a failed attempt to remove the 20-tonne whale from the beach, heavy machinery was required to lift the body from the ground before it was put in a truck and taken to the burial spot.

A rotting whale carcass that washes ashore can produce a smell so noxious that not even seagulls or flies will go near it; locals encountering a whale corpse have described the odor as something ...

This story was updated at 2:20 p.m. EST. Hauling a rotting whale across state lines, John Ososky recalled wanting to move quickly in his Chevy Silverado, looking for gas stations that had the ...

Of course, in the Pacific Northwest, a beached sperm whale brings back memories of 1970 when KATU filmed state crews using dynamite to dispose of a rotting whale carcass in Florence.

Of course, in the Pacific Northwest, a beached sperm whale brings back memories of 1970 when KATU filmed state crews using dynamite to dispose of a rotting whale carcass in Florence.

A massive dead whale washed onto the North Carolina shore, drawing thousands to a beach 97 years ago. Historians believe “more than 50,000 people from at least six states” flocked to see the ...

It was 45 feet long and weighed 8 tons. The smell of the rotting whale carcass began emanating a terrible odor. This prompted discussions of how to get rid of it.

An enormous, rancid-smelling, 52-foot sperm whale has lain beached on the shoreline of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, since Monday. It’s a jarring sight; no sperm whales live in ...

How do you remove a rotting whale? Well, it's not that simple. By Piper Duffy. By Chris Lewis. ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt. Topic: Whales. Thu 25 Jul Thursday 25 July Thu 25 Jul 2024 at 8:41pm.