A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera
- A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed.
- Dell recorded the incident on video while telling his son to stay calm during the ordeal.
- The kayaker believed he was dead, thinking the whale had swallowed him whole.
- Whale attacks on humans are extremely rare in Chilean waters, but collisions with cargo ships have increased in recent years.
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The kayaker was lucky, because humpback whales cannot swallow a human, says a whale expert.
A whale then swallows and spits out a man who kayaked in the Strait of Magellan, in Chile. This person was practicing the sport by canoe when the cetacean emerged with his mouth open and swallowed it instantly. Luckily, the whale expelled the kayaker instantly after diving, so there is no need to lament wounded. The events took place in the Strait of Magellan, in southern Chile, an area known for its whale population and where tourists usually c…
Kayaker swallowed whole by humpback whale off Chile coast
A humpback whale swallowed a kayaker whole off the coast of Chile, a video has shown. Adrián Simancas, 24, was kayaking with his father, Dell Simancas, when the whale surfaced, trapping the young man and his watercraft in its mouth. Video footage filmed by his father captures the moment the man narrowly avoided death. The rare occurrence developed in Bahía El Águila on Saturday 5 February near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan,…
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