Whales, Humpback Whales | American fisherman says he was swallowed by a whale

– I was in the closed mouth for about 30 to 40 seconds before he rose to the surface and spat me out, says Michael Packard himself on Facebook.

The man was hospitalized, but escaped the incident with bruises and minor injuries, probably just a knee out of joint, according to BBC.

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He must have been about ten meters below the water surface when it happened. To the local newspaper Cape Cod Times he says that he suddenly felt a violent push before everything turned black.

Packard initially thought he had been attacked by a shark, but quickly discovered that there were no sharp teeth and no wounds.

He struggled for a while before he began to see light. The whale began throwing its head back and forth before being spit out, according to Packard.

His friend Josiah Mayo, who was with Packard on the fishing trip, is said to have witnessed an “explosion of water” when the whale rose to the surface.

Humpback whales have large mouths, but the pharynx is too narrow to eat a human, according to Jooke Robbins, a researcher on whales at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

She has never heard of similar stories before, but says she has no reason to doubt the story, partly because she knows those involved.

The diver has probably only been in the wrong place at the wrong time, according to Robbins. It is not certain that the whale discovered that something else was also in the way.

– When they fish, they come at great speed, open their mouths and swallow the fish and water very quickly, she says to the news agency AFP.

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