Otter@lemmy.ca to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoA humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it's all captured on cameraapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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 · 8 days agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squaretigeruppercutlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 days agoHumpbacks eat krill and plankton-- not sure why it went for something large
minus-squareTessellecta@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 days agoProbably an accident. It can’t even physically swallow something of human size.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days 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.