A dead 62-foot whale spooked examiners when it made bubbling noises — a warning it could explode

“How big?”
“Around 25-30 feet long.”
“So what is that? Like a train car?”
“More like a small yacht.”

In fact “train car” is a great frame of reference. “Small yacht” is more general. A good response might have been “About half that.”

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