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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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[–] 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.