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Did a whale really "swallow" a kayaker, as AP and other news outlets claim? (video)

Carla Sinclair
Feb 14, 2025
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Image: Humpback whale; Tory Kallman / Shutterstock

Video is circulating online that shows a man kayaking in Chile's Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale suddenly appears — and then the two vanish. Moments later, the kayaker resurfaces, unharmed. And days later, multiple headlines claimed that a whale "swallowed" the man before quickly spitting him ba…

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