Adrián Simancas , a 24-year-old kayaker in Chile, detailed what it was like to be in the mouth of a humpback whale as his father captured the jarring encounter on video on Feb. 8.

A young Venezuelan packrafter briefly became a modern-day Jonah when a humpback whale gulped him up in its jaws and closed ...

Humpback whales have narrow throats "about the size of a household pipe" designed for swallowing small fish and shrimp, Brazilian conservationist Roched Jacobson Seba told the BBC. "They physically ...

Adrián briefly wondered if he could survive inside the whale “like Pinocchio,” but before he could dwell on the thought, the massive creature spat him out.

We biked, we kayaked, we strolled the beach. We searched for shells, peeled shrimp and consumed copious amounts of ice cream.

Adrián had started to think how he might survive inside the humpback whale “like Pinocchio” – then the creature spat ... of a household pipe” designed for swallowing small fish and shrimp, Brazilian ...

Adrián had started to think how he might survive inside the humpback whale "like Pinocchio" - then the creature ... for swallowing small fish and shrimp, Brazilian conservationist Roched Jacobson ...

Venezuelan kayaker survives being briefly engulfed by a humpback whale off Chile's coast, highlighting whale safety measures ...

Technically, the young man wasn’t “swallowed”, because that word implies a trip down someone’s throat. The throat opening of a humpback whale is only about 4 inches in diameter, a fine size for ...