Exploding animals

term encompassing reported cases of the combustion of a human body without an apparent external source of ignition

phenomenon of a beached whale exploding due to explosives or decomposition

species of insect

Autothysis (from the Greek roots autos- "self" and thysia "sacrifice") or suicidal altruism is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. The term was proposed by Ulrich Maschwitz and Eleonore Maschwitz in 1974 to describe the defensive mechanism of Colobopsis saundersi, a species of ant. It is caused by a contraction of muscles around a large gland that leads to the breaking of the gland wall. Some termites (such as the soldiers of Globitermes sulphureus) release a sticky secretion by rupturing a gland near the skin

species of ant

species of insect

self-destructive behavior by an animal, inducing their own death

explosion of animals from natural causes or human activity