A Canadian town is living in fear that a nearby dead whale will explode any second

[Guest Brad Reed]

We've just found a new downside to owning beachfront property. The Smithsonian reports that a dead blue whale has washed up on the beaches of Trout River, a small town in Newfoundland whose residents are worried that its corpse is filling up with methane at an alarming rate. In fact, the 18-foot whale corpse is filling up with methane so quickly that it's now apparently bloated to twice its original size.

 

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