Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman
Michael Packard ended up in the marine giant’s mouth for about half a minute off Massachusetts. …
Humpback whales tend to feed by opening their mouth wide to gulp down as much prey, like fish or krill, as possible, leading marine scientists to speculate that what happened to Mr Packard was in all likelihood purely accidental. One expert told the Cape Cod Times it was practically unheard of for a whale to swallow a human.