Has anyone been inside a whale?

Massachusetts commercial lobster diver Michael Packard thought he was going to die after a humpback whale swallowed him into its mouth in 45 feet of water off Cape Cod. But he survived.
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Can a person survive inside a whale?

While the veracity of the story is in question, it is physically possible for a sperm whale to swallow a human whole, as they are known to swallow giant squid whole. However, such a person would be crushed, drowned or suffocated in the whale's stomach.
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Has anyone been trapped in a whale?

The incident occurred when Michael Packard, 57, was diving in waters in USA's north-east region off the Cape Cod coast, where a whale virtually swallowed him. In an interview on 60 Minutes he told the host that it came 'out of nowhere, just kaboom'.
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Has anyone survived in a whale?

A humpback whale surfaces in the pacific ocean. Michael Packard survived being swallowed by the same creature while lobster diving in Cape Cod.
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Has a whale ever swallowed a human?

In something truly biblical, Packard was swallowed whole by a humpback whale. “All of a sudden, I felt this huge shove and the next thing I knew it was completely black,” Packard recalled Friday afternoon following his release from Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.
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Why is whale vomit illegal?

In the Indian context, the sperm whales are a protected species under Schedule 2 of the Wildlife Protection Act and possession or trade of any of its by-products, including Ambergris and its byproducts, is illegal under provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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Can a man live in a whale for 3 days?

The 56-year-old fisherman Luigi Marquez claims that a whale swallowed him. According to Marquez he stayed there for three days and nights.
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Why is whale vomit valuable?

Ambergris is very rare because not every sperm whale poo includes lumps. Also, the numbers of sperms are much lower these days. The odour of ambergris is one of its clearest identifying traits. Whale vomit has been used in some expensive perfumes as it allows the scent to last longer.
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Can you go into the mouth of a whale?

But the baleen plates inside their mouths would prevent a person from being swallowed. Even if someone did make it past those, the blue whale's esophagus is only 25 cm (10 in) across — too small to allow a human through.
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Can a human fit in a whale shark mouth?

And suddenly you might worry that that could actually happen to you. Could a whale shark swallow you by accident? The quick answer is no.
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Has anyone been eaten by an orca?

Orca attacks on humans

There is no record of an orca ever killing a human in the wild. This is because humans are not part of their natural diet. Occasionally, an orca may mistake a human for something they do eat, such as a seal.
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Do whales like humans?

From a historical perspective, whales do appear to be non-aggressive. Their relatives, the dolphin's species, tend to be very friendly and curious towards humans, often displaying a desire to greet and meet people.
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How expensive is whale poop?

The current rate for ambergris is about $35 per gram, depending on its quality (a gram of gold runs about $61 per gram, as of October 2020).
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How big is a whale turd?

A blue whale can excrete up to 200 litres of poo in one bowel movement.
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What is whale poop used for?

Perfumers covet a rare kind of whale poop known as ambergris. Though it develops in the intestine of sperm whales, it produces a prized scent used in high-end fragrances.
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What if you were swallowed by AT Rex?

“They would smash all the way through the bones and crush them. You'd be dying from massive shock pretty quickly.” Your ordeal still wouldn't be over, however. An adult human would be too big for the dinosaur to swallow whole, so chances are reasonable that you might be ripped into two more-manageable morsels.
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What happens if you swallow a live goldfish?

You can really get sick from eating a goldfish, and you can even die from it in rarer cases. For example, goldfish can carry parasitic infections such as capillariasis philippinensis, aka intestinal worms.
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Could a megalodon swallow a human whole?

Open wide. In order to tackle prey as large as whales, megalodon had to be able to open its mouth wide. It is estimated that its jaw would span 2.7 by 3.4 metres wide, easily big enough to swallow two adult people side-by-side.
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Is Jonah story real?

Mainstream Bible scholars generally regard the Book of Jonah as fictional, and often at least partially satirical, but the character of Jonah son of Amittai may have been based on the historical prophet of the same name who prophesied during the reign of Amaziah of Judah, as mentioned in 2 Kings.
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Can a fish survive in a human stomach?

Generally a stomach would be pretty inhospitable to a goldfish, largely due to the high acid content and you'd need a pretty large amount of water to dilute that to something hospitable for any length of time.
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