An unbelievable moment off the coast of Punta Arenas in Chile: a young man was swallowed by a humpback whale while kayaking.

Adrián Simancas compared the incident to Geppetto and Pinocchio’s escape from the mouth of a whale in the classic tale CNN/YouTuber; Dell Simancas via AP A 24-year-old man who was briefly ...

I remembered about Pinocchio," he said, referring to the 1940 animated film, which sees its hero swallowed by a giant sperm whale named Monstro. "It was surprising. I wasn't expecting that at all." ...

Technically, the young man wasn’t “swallowed”, because that word implies a trip down someone’s throat. The throat opening of a humpback whale is only about 4 inches in diameter, a fine size for ...