Although the humpback whale living in the tropical sea all year round is not the largest surviving cetacean in the world, compared with us humans, the humpback whale is still a well-deserved behemoth, and in general, the humpback whale can reach 13-15 meters in length, that is, four or five floors long, and the weight can reach 25-30 tons. Although humpback whales are large and have a diameter of up to 4.5 meters when their mouths are open, their esophagus diameter is relatively small and they cannot swallow larger foods, so they generally feed on krill, small crustaceans with a body length of less than 1 cm, in addition to other small fish. When humpback whales are preying, they open their huge mouths and swallow large amounts of krill or other smaller fish in one bite.
Seeing these huge animals, perhaps some friends have thought about this question, if we are swallowed by giant pythons or whales, will we survive? Logically, such a situation should rarely occur, on the one hand, no one wants to be swallowed by these animals on their own initiative; On the other hand, these animals are still far away from us humans, and they do not actively attack humans. Of course, there are some unexpected situations, such as a diver who was swallowed by a humpback whale before, and his companion witnessed the whole process, what happened to the diver later?
Here's the thing, Michael Packard, a commercial lobster diver in the United States, was working about 14 meters underwater on the coast near Provincetown, Massachusetts, when a humpback whale suddenly appeared and was swallowed by the humpback whale. Fortunately, about 1 minute after being swallowed into the humpback whale's esophagus, the diver was coughed up by the humpback whale. Afterwards, Michael Packard told the media about the process of being swallowed by a humpback whale.
Michael Packard said that he suddenly felt a huge thrust and then found that the outside suddenly became completely dark, and he felt that he was moving, and he felt huge muscles squeezing him. He was instantly shocked, and his first reaction was to think that he might have been swallowed by a great white shark and might be dying. Then he began to struggle, and it wasn't long before he was spat out by a humpback whale. When spit out by the humpback whale, Michael Packard saw the light and knew he had left the Mouth of the Big Mac. His companions saw the humpback whale surface and witnessed Michael Packard being spat out by the humpback whale, after which his companion rescued Michael Packard from the sea and took him to the hospital for treatment.
As for why the humpback whale suddenly swallowed Michael Packard, experts believe it may be that the humpback whale accidentally swallowed the diver when he was foraging nearby, opening his blood basin and swallowing small fish. Because it is a humpback whale and its esophageal diameter is relatively small, coupled with the fact that Michael Packard began to struggle after being swallowed, the humpback whale also sensed that it had swallowed a "foreign body" and spit it out.
It's not uncommon for humpback whales to swallow people and then spit them out. Also in the United States, Julie McSorley and friend Liz Cottriel were watching whales in a yellow kayak on Avila Beach in California when a huge humpback whale jumped out of the water and swallowed the two women, stunned everyone around them. Fortunately, the two women also managed to escape from the humpback whale's mouth.
On April 22 this year, a Mexican cruise ship in Baja California Sur hit a humpback whale at sea, and because of the size of the humpback whale, it directly knocked the cruise ship away, and the tourists on board took off, fell down, and finally fell into the sea.
According to these cases, humpback whales occasionally "clash" with humans, but in general, humpback whales swallowing humans or crashing into our ships may only happen by accident. Because humpback whales mainly eat very small krill and small fish, their esophagus is so small that they cannot swallow large food, so they themselves have not thought of eating us humans. Moreover, after accidentally swallowing a human, it will generally spit us out directly.