Once in a lifetime experience

[begreen]

He won't forget this one

Humpback whale swallows kayaker off Chile before releasing him

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed.

apnews.com

 

[EatenByLimestone]

The whale or the kayaker?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

When he got home:

Wife: How was kayaking today?

 

[stoveliker]

I didn't catch a fish.
The fish caught me

 

[hearthon]

So funny, my wife literally just showed me this video.

 

[begreen]

Thank goodness that wasn't an orca. I wonder what the whale thought, before, during, and after?

 

[all night moe]

Thank goodness that wasn't an orca. I wonder what the whale thought, before, during, and after?

''This kayak tastes awful.''

 

[stoveliker]

Dang the krill isn't what it used to be when I was younger.

 

[johneh]

When he got home:

Wife: How was kayaking today?

I had a whale of a time

 

[begreen]

It turns out that the humpback's throat is actually not very large for such a huge animal. A person or kayak definitely would not fit. Maybe it was just curious or playful?

 

[stoveliker]

Or accidental.
Sometimes fish aggregates around krill "clouds". The latter attract whales. They go up with their mouths (and throat bag, what the English name is) open, capturing as much as possible.
If one is fishing or otherwise accidentally there, this can happen.

Maybe the whale was thinking their equivalent of "there's a fly in my soup"...

Wrong time and place.
Or the right time and place, given the uniqueness of what happened (and was recorded!)

 

[brenndatomu]

Dude named Jonah?