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New Exploding Whale Locator Map!

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We are excited to announce the second generation  Exploding Whale Locator Map  featuring Google Maps technology. As the explosions have continued since our original locator map was built, we longed for a more flexible approach that would allow the map to be updated quickly and easily. Google Maps’  My Maps  feature was the perfect solution. The map pinpoints the location of each exploding whale incident and features pop-up information boxes (see sample below) typically containing a brief description of the incident, a photo, and a link to the page or entry on this site with additional information. You can always find a link to the map in the  sidebar on our main page . Leave us a comment and let us know what you think about the new  Exploding Whale Locator Map . Exploding Whale Locator    (on theexplodingwhale.com) Exploding Whale Locator   (on maps.google.com)

Journalists love the Exploding Whale

This is just further proof that journalists can’t get enough of the Exploding Whale. When there’s nothing else to write about, they can always rely on the old “EW” to meet their deadline. Peter O’Neill, a writer for the  Timaru Herald  which is located in the  South Canterbury  region of New Zealand, recently wrote an article titled, “ I just don’t get the great fascination with whales .” The article basically contains a lot of aimless ramblings about whales. Here are a few excerpts so you know what I mean: We obviously like whales. And when I say “we”, I mean everyone except the Japanese and me. I don’t think [whales] are particularly pretty or even graceful. I mean, meerkats are cute, monkeys are clever, cheetahs are classy and albatross are graceful, but whales are … blobs. Maybe the [stranded] orca had sclerosis of the liver. Maybe it was a promiscuous whale with a sexually transmitted disease and had just been kicked out of its pod. With such inane commentary, O’Neill obviously ne

Video: Jurien Bay exploding whale

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Here’s  a video from TheWest.com.au  on the Jurien Bay exploding whale. (Note: while the video does show the whale thrashing in the surf, it does  not  contain any graphic images either during or following the explosion.)