On: 'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed...

[Barrin92]

I was relieved when the article said the esophagus was too small to actually be swallowed. Like what do you do if a whale actually swallows you, try to crawl out the other end? Like the Shawshank Redemption but way worse

[beart → Barrin92]

Have an existential conversation with your nemesis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mariner%27s_Revenge_Song

[ashtonkem → Barrin92]

Try to make it vomit I guess. You’d suffocate long before you get passed through.

[contriban → ashtonkem]

The guy was diving, so it’s possible he had an oxygen tank. My guess is that in that case you’re even less likely to go through the animal though.

[travisjungroth → contriban]

He had a scuba tank. Most likely filled with air, maybe oxygen enriched air. Pure oxygen is dangerous below about 5 meters.

[abootstrapper → travisjungroth]

Woof. I hadn’t even considered, what if the whale dove while you were in it’s mouth before spitting you out! Rapid descent, the bends, oxygen narcosis. Not good! That guys is lucky he was spat out on the surface!

[travisjungroth → abootstrapper]

This is why I only dive in caves.

[DonHopkins → travisjungroth]

It's also dangerous near the surface when the son of a bitch is smiling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpxOLhuNXfM&ab_channel=Movie...

[lumberingjack → Barrin92]

Most whales esophagus are only the size of their prey and they all eat really small stuff largest esophagus of a whale size of a grapefruit. Jonah was supposably swallowed by a big fish that's what it says "fish"