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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739495062108thomas-kelley-t20pc32VbrU-unsplash.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Thomas Kelley, Unsplash</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.</p><p>Adrian Simancas was paddling off the Patagonian city of Punta Arenas on Saturday when the giant baleen surged out of the water swallowing him and his yellow kayak whole.</p><p>Five seconds later a stunned Simancas bobbed to the surface, as the whale&#x27;s dorsal again emerged above the surface of the frigid gray water.</p><p>&quot;I thought he&#x27;d swallowed me!&quot; Simancas exclaimed.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/12/animal-communication-will-we-ever-speak-with-whales-1020">Animal communication: Will we ever speak with whales?</a></div><p>The entire remarkable episode was caught on camera and posted on social media by his father, Dell Simancas, who can be heard shouting &quot;Relax! Relax!&quot; to his understandably unrelaxed son.</p><p>&quot;Grab it, grab it&quot; the father adds, instructing his son to keep a hold of the kayak to stay afloat.</p><p>&quot;Relax, relax, I&#x27;m coming,&quot; the father says. &quot;Let&#x27;s go to shore.&quot;</p><p>The video quickly went viral.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/2/4/whale-shark-watching-in-bohol-suspended-0909">Whale shark watching activities in Bohol suspended</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/focus/08/09/18/plastic-food-wrappers-found-inside-dead-whale-shark-in-davao">Plastic, food wrappers found inside dead whale shark in Davao</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.</p>

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.

'Thought he'd swallowed me!': Whale gulps kayaker in Chile, spits him out

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'Thought he'd swallowed me!': Whale gulps kayaker in Chile, spits him out

Agence France-Presse

Published February 14, 2025 09:25 AM PHT

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