In 2016, a fisherman named Mark Watkins went fishing with his father off the coast of Western Australia. But suddenly he spotted a strange thing floating in the Indian Ocean, which left him quite shocked. Initially, being distant, the object was looking like a large pink ball floating in the sea, but later, he thought maybe it was a fallen hot air balloon or a boat overturned.
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But as they approached it, they sensed something strange, for once, they even thought of it as an alien activity. But when they got even closer to it, it didn't take them long to recognize that it was a humpback whale's carcass and there was also a foul smell of decomposition all around. Just because of the smell, they immediately realized it was a dead whale. The whale's stomach was full of gas so it was all bloated up, giving it a bulbous appearance even with the helping hand from the sun's heat, which caused the whale's skin to stretch to look like a swollen mass. Mark Watkins was completely taken aback by this strange sight as he had never seen anything like it before.
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Here let us tell you that if you ever find something unusual like this floating in the sea, immediately run away from there, otherwise you may put your life at risk. This is because when the whale dies, its carcass began to decompose and the bacteria present in its body start making gases inside. But due to the thick fat, when the gases are unable to come out of the body, the whale starts to swell and began to float on the water's surface, which can explode anytime with a loud bang. That's why as soon as the whale dies, an incision is made on its stomach so that gases can be released from the dead body. From time to time, whales around the world have been bursting after such a swell, which has also been recorded on camera many times.
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