Another cameraman got gobbled by a Bryde's whale while he was filming a bait ball off the coast of South Africa a couple years ago. His wife took photos of him while he was half in the whale. Fortunately, the whale spat him out a few seconds later.
As soon as he got out of the whale, he swam up to his wife to ask, "did you get it?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChcEb6mlEUo (worth the watch)
'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whale
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#42> Initially, Packard thought he was inside a great white shark, but he couldn’t feel any teeth and he hadn’t suffered any obvious wounds. Is a great white shark actually big enough that you could end up inside it’s mouth whole?
I don't know the answer to this, but great whites are massive and definitely you could 'fit' a human in one just from a volume perspective. Whether you could fit into its mouth/throat, I don't know.
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#43the american dream
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#44> Initially, Packard thought he was inside a great white shark, but he couldn’t feel any teeth and he hadn’t suffered any obvious wounds. Is a great white shark actually big enough that you could end up inside it’s mouth whole?
Sharks have teeth, they bite and shred their prey. Sharks don't need to swallow you
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#45After the worst day of meetings, after not being to track down the most elusive bug, at the end of that day, I absolutely do not have to worry about being eaten whole. So I guess there are worse jobs.
Well, unless you’re a developer at a certain theme park featuring genetically engineered creatures…
Repeating yourself until you're red in the face that they shouldn't reopen this park for a 3rd or 4th time until your team gets unit testing sorted out but the PMs just aren't having it and the deadline isn't going to budge
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#46"Ten years ago, while traveling in Costa Rica, he was a passenger in a small plane that crashed in the jungle, killing the pilot, co-pilot and a passenger. Packard sustained multiple serious injuries to his abdomen and upper body. The rescuers that found the remaining five passengers after two nights in the jungle said they wouldn’t have survived another night." This guy's luck is clearly maxed out. What a crazy pair…
He's still alive, so it sounds like he's got a little credit left on that account. The big creditor in the sky hasn't declined his charges yet. Remember this guy's name. If you ever meet this guy and he asks if you want to go on a trip with him, I would advise politely declining. You should however, offer to buy him a beer to have him tell his stories.
He is saying his "luck" skill is maxed out, so he is +10 while others could be having a real -10 of it.
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#47Sounds like Jonah
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, unless you’re a developer at a certain theme park featuring genetically engineered creatures…
Repeating yourself until you're red in the face that they shouldn't reopen this park for a 3rd or 4th time until your team gets unit testing sorted out but the PMs just aren't having it and the deadline isn't going to budge
I am totally unappreciated in my time. You can run this whole park from this room with minimal staff for up to 3 days. You think that kind of automation is easy? Or cheap? You know anybody who can network 8 connection machines and debug 2 million lines of code for what I bid for this job? Because if he can I'd like to see him try.
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#49> Initially, Packard thought he was inside a great white shark, but he couldn’t feel any teeth and he hadn’t suffered any obvious wounds. Is a great white shark actually big enough that you could end up inside it’s mouth whole?
Not a grown man.
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#50Never thought I'd see the Cape Cod Times on HN!!
The Center For Coastal Studies is a brilliant organization that does great work to defend this big critters, as well as Right Whales.
I didn't realize there was still lobster so close to Stelwagon Bank- with the increasing acidity and warming waters folks have had to go closer to Maine for lobster.
Anyhoo, humpbacks are our friends and no one should read this as an "attack"; just a little accident.