A massive, floating pod - that seems more like an alien object than anything known to man - left a fisherman completely astonished when he crossed paths with it in the waters off the coast of Australia.
But to ruin the complete strangeness of it, researches explained that it was in fact just a bloated whale carcass.
Fisherman Mark Watkins spotted the carcass about 55 kilometers southwest of Bubury, Australia. Watkins said he thought it could be another boat or even a balloon, but as he approached the object, a horrible odor revealed the objects true form: dead whale.
The species of the whale has not officially been identifies, but the belly suggests it is more than likely a southern right whale or a humpback.
These carcasses may seem as though they are an unusual sight, yet they are beginning to become a challenging problem.
The bloat of a dead whale comes from the built up gas that is released in its internal organs when the stomach contents decompose.
When manipulated, a whale carcass can explode, which results in it's foul smelling guts and insides spewing out.
Heres a friendly video for those who wish to see a whale explode.
This bloating of dead whales happens frequently and results in many whales being washed up on shore, or more frequently left floating in the ocean. And as the tough skin of the whale cant be punctured by upcoming pray (i.e. birds) the whale carcass is often left to sink to the bottom of the ocean and left there to decompose (can take up to 30 years).
This whale carcass can now provide large amounts of food for sea life on the bottom of the ocean...
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