The magic of the Internet and our curiosity of some of the most magical ocean creatures has a video of a humpback whale engulfing two women only to spit them out again trending after two years.
Julie McSorley and Liz Cottriel were kayaking in California’s San Luis Obispo Bay when they found themselves inside the mouth of a humpback whale. The act was caught on video by people nearby.
“It’s definitely woke me up to the realization that, you know, our place is not in the feeding zone of whales,” McSorley said in 2020. “We didn’t think we were that close, but we definitely were right in the area that we shouldn’t have been — so I’ve learned my lesson, big time.”
The video, which you can view above, has more than 5 million views since 2020.
The video has been widely shared on social media.
The caption is translated on Twitter, “A humpback whale swallows two women in California. The girls were kayaking when they were caught in one bite by the whale, who was behind a school of fish, the huge cetacean does NOT eat humans and in a few seconds spit them out alive LUCK.”
The women didn’t suffer any ijuries and were treated promptly by witnesses present.
World Nation News reports the throat size of a humpback is designed for little fish, so the animal can’t and won’t consume humans.
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.