Otter@lemmy.ca to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoA humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it's all captured on cameraapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.world
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkA humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it's all captured on cameraapnews.comOtter@lemmy.ca to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.world
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoHumpbacks eat krill and plankton-- not sure why it went for something large
minus-squareTessellecta@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoProbably an accident. It can’t even physically swallow something of human size.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI wonder about stories like these. Whales are easily intelligent enough to play. Maybe he was just fucking with the guy? He certainly didn’t see the kayak and rider as food.
Humpbacks eat krill and plankton-- not sure why it went for something large
Probably an accident. It can’t even physically swallow something of human size.
I wonder about stories like these. Whales are easily intelligent enough to play. Maybe he was just fucking with the guy? He certainly didn’t see the kayak and rider as food.