A strange story recently occurred in California, USA, when two women were riding a kayak on the beach, they were swallowed by a 13-meter-long humpback whale.
However, after only 10 seconds, they were spit out by humpback whales in disgust, which stunned everyone around, and the two women did not panic afterwards, but were a little excited, and even wanted to re-experience the feeling of being "devoured", which was very strange.
Why do humpback whales swallow people and spit them out?
In terms of size, humpback whales are between 13-15 meters long, and their mouths are also large, more than 4 meters in diameter, and can open up to 90 degrees, more than enough to swallow a person.
However, although their mouths are large, their esophagus is only 40 centimeters, and the human body cannot pass through at all, so even if the humpback whale swallows a human into its mouth, it cannot swallow, and will only vomit reflexively.
The mouth of a humpback whale
And as baleen whales, humpback whales do not have a tooth in their mouths, and usually can only feed on krill with a body length of one centimeter, and they will not treat humans as food at all, and the taste of humans will only make them particularly uncomfortable.
In addition, humpback whales feed in a peculiar way, generally opening their giant mouths to rush to the krill group, and swallowing them into their mouths together with seawater, and then using baleen to expel the seawater, of course, this process has a certain chance of swallowing humans by mistake.
What kind of animal is a humpback whale?
Humpback whales belong to the baleen whale family, alias humpback whales, they are large and bloated, with pectoral fins of more than 5 meters in adulthood, body length up to 15 meters, and weight of nearly 30 tons, completely crushing killer whales, is a well-deserved marine "little bully".
They are docile, known for their long and complex calls, and like to act bravely, and once they encounter killer whales hunting, they will desperately rush up and beat the killer whales violently to rescue the "victims".
Like blue whales, humpback whales also feed on scale shrimp, scale fish and small crustaceans, and eat a large amount of food, eating at least 9 tons of food a day to fill their stomachs, so the epitome of their daily life is to eat, sleep, and hunt killer whales.
How strong is the fighting power of humpback whales?
1. Humpback whales are huge and can overturn fishing boats with one hit
In general, marine animals take size as king and strength as truth, and humpback whales are the behemoths of the ocean, their bodies are full of a sense of strength, and their body length is second only to blue whales and sperm whales.
Most importantly, the power of humpback whales is also very terrifying, and it can even be said that the strength is infinite, once they are angry, even the fishing boat can directly overturn, this brute force is also the top existence among cetaceans.
Unfortunately, humpback whales are very slow, swimming an average of 15 kilometers per hour, compared to 30 kilometers per hour for sperm whales and 60 kilometers for killer whales.
Humpback whales swim
2. Humpback whales are amazingly lethal, and can knock killer whales out of the water with one hit
Although humpback whales have no teeth, their attack power is not weak at all, and when they fight, they will use their fins to attack, and one blow can produce tens of thousands of pounds of destructive power, and this power can even directly stun great white sharks.
Not only that, humpback whales also like to wave their huge tails to slap their enemies, the lethality is more terrifying than the fins, if combined with the barnacles on the body, one blow can open the skin of the enemy and bloom the flesh, and the blood will flow.
In addition, the impact of humpback whales is also incomparable, they like to hit the enemy with their heads, just like bison crashing into lions, the power is extremely terrifying, one blow can knock killer whales out of the water, which shows their combat power.
3. The humpback whale has thick skin and thick flesh, and its body is covered with barnacles
Humpback whales are not only strong in attack, but also very good in defense, their bones are extremely hard, even chainsaws are difficult to cut, the body is also very strong, the thickness of the skin is more than 10 cm, even killer whales are difficult to bite directly.
In addition, due to the slow speed, the skin of the humpback whale is covered with dense barnacles, which are extremely hard, like covering the humpback whale with a set of armor, and the enemy will only break his teeth when bitten.
The most important thing is that the fins and tails of humpback whales are also covered with barnacles, and if they attack with their fins and tails, the lethality will be multiplied, which is simply an "artifact".
4. Humpback whales have developed perception and can easily sense the earth's magnetic field
Many people do not know that humpback whales have very weak eyesight and can generally only see objects more than ten meters away, but their hearing is very developed, they can hear many infrasound waves that humans cannot hear, and their perception is excellent.
As migratory animals, humpback whales swim to cold waters in summer to hunt krill and return to warm waters in winter to mate, covering distances of up to 15,000 kilometers, but they never lose their way on such a long journey.
Because humpback whales have a very special magnetic substance in their heads, they can sense the earth's magnetic field, which acts like a compass and can accurately judge the direction and find the right route for them.
Humpback whales and killer whales "grudges"
Killer whales are the strongest predators in the ocean, their diet includes seals, sharks and a variety of smaller whales, but one thing descends, whenever killer whales hunt, humpback whales will come to seek justice and prevent killer whales from preying, even if the prey is killed by killer whales, humpback whales will not let killer whales eat.
Killer whale hunting
Because humpback whales are very humane creatures, the relationship between the same kind is very harmonious, and killer whales often prey on small humpback whales, resulting in all adult humpback whales being very hostile to killer whales, so they look around for killer whales to take revenge.
And killer whales can only try to stay away from adult humpback whales, after all, humpback whales are 2-4 times larger than killer whales, their attack power is also very strong, and their defense is even more amazing, and they are not afraid of killer whales.
The tail of a humpback whale
The most important thing is that the humpback whale that destroys the killer whale hunt is not one, and there are often different humpback whales rushing from all directions, collectively fattening the killer whales, and then flying away, very dashing.
Humpback whales are also famous musicians
To be honest, humpback whales swallow people is rare, but they sing is common, it can be said that each humpback whale is a musician, once they reach the breeding period is "leading the song", the song is both ethereal and lonely, everyone will feel different when they hear it.
And the humpback whale songs are not sung randomly, each song has a unique meaning, and there are even people who have compiled their songs into an album called "Humpback Whale Song".
It is worth mentioning that humpback whales in different regions will also communicate with each other, such as humpback whales in the Arctic Ocean swimming to the Indian Ocean, within a few years, humpback whales in the Indian Ocean will integrate the songs of outsiders into their own songs, which is very magical.
In a word:
Cetaceans are the largest animals in the world, humpback whales are the best, it has a special way of eating, there is a very small probability of swallowing humans on the surface of the sea into the mouth, but because the esophagus is too small, so it can only spit out humans, which is a rare experience for some people.