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A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.
Adrian Simancas was paddling when the baleen surged out of the water, swallowing him and his kayak.
Five seconds later, a stunned Simancas bobbed to the surface as the whale’s dorsal fin emerged above the surface of the frigid grey water.
“I thought he’d swallowed me!” Simancas exclaimed.
The remarkable episode quickly went viral after being posted online by his father.
“I didn’t understand what was happening, and then I sank,” said the 24-year-old kayaker.
“I thought it had eaten me.”
Experts said the whale could never have swallowed the kayaker, as humpbacks have small throats.
Answer: they have small throats
