Two weeks ago, the carcass of a dead blue whale washed ashore near the town of Trout River, Newfoundland -- all 25 meters of it -- and it quickly began to inflate to twice its original, living girth.

两周前，一头死去的蓝鲸的尸体在鳟鱼河镇附近被冲上岸，纽芬兰——全长 25 米——它很快开始膨胀到原来的两倍周长。