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Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián and his yellow kayak for a few seconds before letting him go.

Dell, just meters (yards) away, captured the moment on video while encouraging his son to stay calm.

“Stay calm, stay calm,” he can be heard saying after his son was released from the whale’s mouth.

“I thought I was dead,” Adrián told The Associated Press. “I thought it had eaten me, that it had swallowed me.”

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[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

"Wait, you're not plankton."

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Damn, that pancho hoodie on point

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I think I have a different definition of the word "swallowed".

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That's what she said.

[-] probably2high@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Help me out, best I can come up with is "gargled", and man does that really change the meaning of the headline for me.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'll stick to kayaking fresh water. All I gotta worry about are gators and Florida Man.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dunno. Imo Florida man and gators kill way more people than humpback whales do. I mean the whale just spits you out alive, albeit with big brown stains on your pants.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The whale shits your pants!
Just like Florida Man.

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Unlikely you'll ever be in this situation but fun fact: Whales have enormous mouths but itty bitty throats. They can't swallow anything larger than a grapefruit so unless it hauls in your infant? You'll probably be fine if you stay calm. Just maybe a little traumatized.

[-] bisby@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Unless it dives with you in its mouth.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Maybe, but it also depends on how long you can keep your breath. I doubt you will be fine if it dives.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, this is less of an eat and more of a mouthwash.

[-] vaguerant@fedia.io 0 points 1 week ago

Do they always spit out stuff that's too big? I put stuff that's bigger than my throat in my mouth all the time. That's what chewing is for.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Humpback whales don't have teeth to chew with. They have baleen that acts like a sieve ... the whale takes a mouthful of water, then pushes out the water out through the baleen, leaving krill (small fish) inside.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleen

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Can I subscribe to more whale facts?

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Whales-R-Us always has great sails.

;)

[-] otto@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Imagine adding, “briefly swallowed by a whale” to your CV…

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I don't know if you're joking, but I absolutely, 100% would.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

As a porn actor.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

"Sorry dude! My bad! We good?"

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

"From a distance, you looked like krill."

[-] Potatisen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] robbinhood@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

slow clap ...

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

That was my first thought when it resurfaced that second time, lol

Woops! My bad. Let me just check for a sec on ya.

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I think it was a few years ago a diver was swallowed and instead of just letting him go, he was spat out 15ft into the air. Way more terrifying.

[-] commander@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

Swallow can also mean envelope.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 0 points 1 week ago

I have never felt more justified in being afraid of the ocean. I even used to be a keen kayaker

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

He survived just fine...

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