These People Survived Getting Swallowed by a Whale

oh no you've heard the legends of people being swallowed by whales and coming out alive but there's no way that a human could actually survive a trip inside one of these massive beasts right wrong in june 2021 lobster man michael packard was diving on the sea floor when he was hit by something big everything went dark and he immediately thought a shark had caught him but he didn't feel any teeth digging into his flesh suddenly everything around him began to squeeze his body he was inside the mouth of a whale and he was trying to swallow him home want to know how he fought his way out of the 30-ton mammal here's how to survive getting swallowed by a whale there are two types of whales toothed whales such as sperm whales can eat giant squid in the deep sea but they have no taste for humans [Music] and there are baleen whales these giants use a layer of bristles to eat small prey such as krill and little fish they attack schools of krill or fish with their mouths wide open to catch as much food as they can but like michael humans can get caught inside their deep massive mouths once you get picked up in a whale's mouth you don't have much time so you better start thinking of an exit strategy is there breathable air inside a whale how can you force it to spit you out and how did one man spend three days inside a whale whales are amazing did you know that gray whales a species of baleen whales make the longest mammalian migration on earth yes they swim up to 19 000 kilometers from the arctic to the northern coast of mexico and back oh boy i got distracted again but magellan tv's documentary archive just keeps growing and growing this time i found this one called the wild pacific it delves into the depths of the largest ocean on earth following its currents and the vast ecosystem that inhabits it which allows whales and other fantastic creatures to thrive i loved it because it shows how interconnected marine environments are and includes incredible original footage shot in the wild but if wild animals aren't your thing don't worry there are a bunch of pretty wild human documentaries to watch too magellan tv has an extensive and harrowing collection of true crime full of chilling stories and mysteries that only humans could come up with [Music] the thrill is guaranteed because magellan tv was created by real filmmakers who are passionate about building the world's richest documentary hub including science space physics technology travel and history every week they add 15 to 20 hours of new content including a growing collection in 4k with no ads no exception and you can watch it everywhere on all your devices and services like roku amazon fire tv apple tv google play and ios anytime for only 4.99 a month with an annual subscription you'll get over 3 500 hours of the most incredible documentaries and as a how to survive subscriber you'll get a whole month for free to try it out just by clicking on the link in the description plus you can take advantage of a special holiday offer buy a gift card for an annual subscription and get another one free by clicking on the link in the description can you imagine receiving the world's richest documentary archive for christmas [Music] well you can if you make it out of this giant whale alive stick around we can help number three the captured photographer [Music] in 2019 nature photographer rayner schilt was diving off south africa's coast trying to get some cool shots of sharks feeding on a run of sardines suddenly everything went black and he felt a strong pressure around his waist he got trapped inside the mouth of a bride's whale as an experienced diver and nature photographer he knew that a bride's whale's throat is not wide enough to swallow a human but if the beast started to submerge he would run out of oxygen and drown all he could do was stay calm and wait for a chance to escape his wife and one of his friends were horrified watching the scene from a boat a few meters away fortunately a couple of seconds later the whale realized that rainer was not a giant sardine and spat him out number two the caught fisherman [Music] american lobster man michael packard realized that his entire body was inside a humpback whale he could even feel the whale diving down if he didn't free himself soon he would run out of oxygen and die suddenly everything around him started to crush him the whale was trying to swallow him he began to struggle and he could tell his scuba gear was causing some discomfort to the whale he continued fighting a few seconds later the whale's mouth opened michael could see light again the whale shook its head until it expelled the lucky lobster man he was alive and well but he had spent about 40 seconds inside the mammal other fishermen rescued him from the water and took him to the hospital he had only broken one leg before we move on to our last story let's see what we can learn from these survivors experiences both michael and rayner were very close to schools of fish which whales and sharks eat that would make them vulnerable to being gobbled up by a 30-ton beast trying to catch as much food as it can but both men were experienced divers and they were wearing professional diving equipment that allowed them to keep breathing while trapped inside the whale's mouths after the whales freed them their crews immediately helped them finally they also knew that the whales cannot swallow humans which helped them stay calm and find ways to survive if you are not an experienced diver with professional equipment and the support of other professionals do not even try to swim near these gentle but dangerous giants number one the biblical hoax in 2015 many media outlets reported the incredible story of a spanish fisherman who fell overboard during a terrible storm and got swallowed by a whale the first report said that luigi marquez survived for three days inside the giant animal by eating the raw fish in its stomach then the whale injected marquez into the water yep like the biblical parable of jonah the story even included a picture of luigi but according to other media that questioned the story he turned out to be a man named mike marine biologist helen scales assured the bbc that there is no breathable air inside a whale so luigi or mike would have died long before the three days he claimed to be inside the whale although luigi may not exist the waters around the world are full of unexpected threats and dangers there's even a place known as the diver cemetery want to know where it is keep watching here on how to survive [Music] you

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Length: 8min 42sec (522 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 02 2021