Exploding Whale As Metaphor: Shock And Awe

I'm not really sure what the metaphor is, but I wanted to use the title. Maybe the metaphor is oil (which whales have a lot of. What, you think we hunted these creatures to extinction for fun?) maybe it's Iraq (ditto), maybe it's the environment (whales should die in the oceans, where they belong). I dunno. Really, I just wanted to see this clip again, and my friend TTS suggested it. This very clip first started passing around the 'net about 10 B.Y. (years Before YouTube). It was a long download on a 56.6 kbps modem, but well worth it at the time.