This was one whale of a tale. Astonishing footage captured the moment a kayaker was swallowed whole by a humpback whale off Chilean Patagonia for a few seconds — before he was miraculously spit ...

Humpback Whale Appears to Swallow 2 Kayakers in Wild Video Filmed Off the Coast of California dronesharkapp/instagram Iggleden later becomes more concerned for the kayaker, yelling, "he's under you!

Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist, tells CNN the whale likely was “lunge fishing” on krill or fish and accidentally swallowed the kayaker. She said humpback whales do not eat human-sized prey.

A kayaker in Chilean Patagonia had a terrifying close encounter with a humpback whale that briefly swallowed him—before quickly releasing him unharmed. Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his ...

CHILE — A humpback whale swallowed a man on a kayak off the coast of Chile last week, before he was quickly able to get out of the leviathan’s mouth unharmed.. Video shows the death-defying ...

Watch a Humpback Whale Swallow a Kayaker Whole. A 30-ton whale rose up and swallowed a Kayaker off the coast of Patagonia, and his father filmed the whole thing with his phone.

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last ...

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last ...

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to. July 1, 2025.

At one point in the video, you see the whale directly next to the kayak, showing the enormity of the mammal compared to the boat. Humpback whales can weigh anywhere from 50,000 to 80,000 pounds.

Humpback whale seen following kayaker in Australia 00:15 (CNN) -- Nearly 5,000 humpback whales have been spotted in Australian waters during a record annual migration census, a conservation group ...

If this is a humpback whale, he thought, this will speak to the world as no other voice ever has. It was 1967 and commercial whaling was at its peak, with more than 70,000 whales killed each year.