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Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián and his yellow kayak for a few seconds before letting him go.

Dell, just meters (yards) away, captured the moment on video while encouraging his son to stay calm.

“Stay calm, stay calm,” he can be heard saying after his son was released from the whale’s mouth.

“I thought I was dead,” Adrián told The Associated Press. “I thought it had eaten me, that it had swallowed me.”

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think I have a different definition of the word "swallowed".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

That's what she said.

[–] probably2high@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Help me out, best I can come up with is "gargled", and man does that really change the meaning of the headline for me.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Chewed? Masticated? Nibbled? Tasted?

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Something something Jonah?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago

A whale ain't no "big fish."

[–] otto@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Imagine adding, “briefly swallowed by a whale” to your CV…

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I don't know if you're joking, but I absolutely, 100% would.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

As a porn actor.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

Damn, that pancho hoodie on point

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Sorry dude! My bad! We good?"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"From a distance, you looked like krill."

[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] robbinhood@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

slow clap ...

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

"Wait, you're not plankton."

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll stick to kayaking fresh water. All I gotta worry about are gators and Florida Man.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I dunno. Imo Florida man and gators kill way more people than humpback whales do. I mean the whale just spits you out alive, albeit with big brown stains on your pants.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The whale shits your pants!
Just like Florida Man.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

The video is wild to watch!

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it was a few years ago a diver was swallowed and instead of just letting him go, he was spat out 15ft into the air. Way more terrifying.

[–] commander@lemmings.world -1 points 10 months ago

Swallow can also mean envelope.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have never felt more justified in being afraid of the ocean. I even used to be a keen kayaker

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

He survived just fine...