"Oh my God, I'm in a whale's mouth"
Lobsterman Michael Packard says he was diving in Cape Cod, US, when he was gulped and spat out by a humpback whalehttps://t.co/m90SwWqpXy pic.twitter.com/IUA0DO5vOo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 12, 2021
Whale: You think it’s bad, getting a fly in your soup?…
‘Oh My God, I’m In A Whale’s Mouth’: Lobster Diver Says He Was Nearly Swallowed By Whale Off Cape Codhttps://t.co/56CXKcRinY
— WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) June 11, 2021
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And that’s not even the weirdest story I ran across this week:
I would simply *not* show the tattoo I got on my balls to my friends and coworkers both in person and on the internet, and if I could not help myself, I definitely would make sure that said tattoo was not a swastika. https://t.co/O9fZshFi7O
— The Mall Krampus (@cakotz) June 11, 2021
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Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
I’ve been lobster diving, and I’ve been within about 5-10 yards of a krill/plankton eating whale shark’s giant maw, but never at the same time. I gotta say, I had worries about what would happen if I got accidentally sucked in at about the time the animal decided to go down the 6000 foot abyss where he was eating the plankton upwelling by the continental shelf, and didn’t imagine that I’d survive the ascent after he decided to spit me out.
This guy really held his shit together in a terrifying spot.
Omnes Omnibus
Well, he’s a real Jonah.
NotMax
Yeah, like a Frisbee is “nearly swallowed” by a dog.
Color me singularly undazzled.
debbie
No one uses lobster traps anymore?
Gretchen
@debbie: they said this is for getting lobsters that are too big for the traps.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@debbie:
Never used a trap. A tickle stick and a hand-carried net for me, 30-35 feet deep for Caribbean spiny lobsters.
NotMax
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
B-J After Dark now officially open.
:)
mrmoshpotato
Whale of a tale to tell ya, lads!
Also, they should’ve jailed the Nazi shitbag’s brother too.
West of the Cascades
Calling Mister Oswald with the swastika tattoo …
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Omnes Omnibus: a nice breeze blows in
whenever the big fella
cracks a grin
Xavier
I saw one news report that the lobster dude had previously survived a plane crash…
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
It appears that Anschluss proponent’s fascism goes…
[Removes sunglasses]
Balls deep.
… Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
J R in WV
I’m pretty sure Humpback whales have strainers to keep big stuff from being swalloed, like a diver. Stiff Baleen sheets with slots. Same with Whale Sharks, which aren’t sharks at all. So he was in no danger of being swallowed, although drowned is drowned if whale took you too deep too fast or kept you mouthed too long.
Our dogs “bite” each other with their big fangs, squealing and nashing, but no blood is shed, in spite of the noise and jumping around. They even mouth us at times, without shedding any blood. I imagine that was how the whale treated the diver, feeling around him in the mouth before going “PTAHH” and spitting him out, tanks and all.
Still, what a great story for evenings at the local bar!!
Wife kissed a young grey whale once a couple of years ago, and that same afternoon best friend Mike got sneezed on, covered with whale snot, which they evidently produce profusely! Whales are BIG and curious. We didn’t swim with them, but we saw other folks getting into the still waters of the bay with the whales. Did not look dangerous to me…