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A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it's all captured on camera (apnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/offbeat@lemmy.ca

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[–] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Whale was like "if not food, why food shaped?" 😂

Seriously though, that must have been terrifying..

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Humpbacks eat krill and plankton-- not sure why it went for something large

[–] Tessellecta@feddit.nl 12 points 1 month ago

Probably an accident. It can't even physically swallow something of human size.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I wonder about stories like these. Whales are easily intelligent enough to play. Maybe he was just fucking with the guy? He certainly didn't see the kayak and rider as food.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It all happened so fast he probably wasn't scared, thought a wave temporarily swamped him. If you're kayaking in water like that, you got some balls. Later, however.