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Humpback whale swallows and spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera (www.cnn.com)

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A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old kayaker last Saturday during a father-son excursion out on the icy waters around Chile’s southernmost Patagonia region.

The terrifying moment, captured on camera by the kayaker’s father, showed the whale surfacing in the Strait of Magellan and gulping Adrian Simancas for a few moments before releasing him.

In the video, verified by CNN, Adrian’s father, Dell, is heard yelling to his son, who had been spat out of the whale, to “grab the boat.” Adrian then swims towards his dad’s pack raft and holds onto it as they pull away.

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[–] 200ok 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Definitely something that wouldn't be believed without the video. Wow. Glad he's okay.

[–] over_clox 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Humpback whales are filter feeders, they couldn't swallow a human even if they wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Still they could drown or severely injure a human.

[–] over_clox 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Or spit you out, and tell you in whale speak that you taste like shit and you should probably wash your junk...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Certain Bible stories are very different when the whale talks.