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 ...

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New Zealand authorities have been cutting holes in 300 whale carcasses, popping the dead animals "like balloons" to avoid them exploding as they decompose on Golden Bay after more than 600 whales ...