No shade on OP, but linking the source article here from the Cape Cod Times because I think it's a wonderful example of a good well researched article on what would otherwise be a complete fluff...
No shade on OP, but linking the source article here from the Cape Cod Times because I think it's a wonderful example of a good well researched article on what would otherwise be a complete fluff piece. It has additional details on whale behavior, the lobster diving profession, and more. Kudos to that writer.
Also, this quote is great:
It quickly dawned on him that he had been swallowed by a whale.
I tip my uhh, swim goggles? to that guy, because that is definitely not a thing that would have occurred to me in that moment.
I'll drop this in here as well, guy in the article is doing an AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nydiqd/im_a_lobster_diver_who_recently_survived_being
Michael Packard says he was diving when he ended up in the marine giant's mouth for about 30-40 seconds off Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The leviathan spat him out and Mr Packard was left with nothing more than a suspected dislocated knee.
Despite his wife's pleas to get another job, he has no plans of giving up a 40-year career diving off Cape Cod.
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.
There's a joke here somewhere about this dude now being considered ambergris and his farts being high-end perfume. My smoothbrain has shutdown for the night so all you get is this ikea joke that...
There's a joke here somewhere about this dude now being considered ambergris and his farts being high-end perfume. My smoothbrain has shutdown for the night so all you get is this ikea joke that you have to assemble yourself.
What a story though! I've always had an irrational fear of those whirlpooly feeding videos whenever they get shared on reddit, but I can't imagine actually going through that. Glad it was a short endevour and he came out unscathed though or it'd feel a whole lot less fantastical of a story
No shade on OP, but linking the source article here from the Cape Cod Times because I think it's a wonderful example of a good well researched article on what would otherwise be a complete fluff piece. It has additional details on whale behavior, the lobster diving profession, and more. Kudos to that writer.
Also, this quote is great:
I tip my uhh, swim goggles? to that guy, because that is definitely not a thing that would have occurred to me in that moment.
I'll drop this in here as well, guy in the article is doing an AMA https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nydiqd/im_a_lobster_diver_who_recently_survived_being
There's a joke here somewhere about this dude now being considered ambergris and his farts being high-end perfume. My smoothbrain has shutdown for the night so all you get is this ikea joke that you have to assemble yourself.
What a story though! I've always had an irrational fear of those whirlpooly feeding videos whenever they get shared on reddit, but I can't imagine actually going through that. Glad it was a short endevour and he came out unscathed though or it'd feel a whole lot less fantastical of a story