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Whale Shark Photographed When Almost Swallowed a Man
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| Saturday, July 23rd 2011
| Chris Rembrant
Posted on 07/24/2011 11:01:10 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Babelfish translation?
Cool photo, though. :-)
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:04:13 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US today: Revelation 18:4)
To: nickcarraway
That photo is insane! Should be in contention for photograph of the year, in some category.
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:10:59 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
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To: RobRoy
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:11:43 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:15:04 AM PDT
by
null and void
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To: nickcarraway
Jonah?
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:15:26 AM PDT
by
Palter
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To: nickcarraway
Wow, almost the story of Jonah.
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:19:46 AM PDT
by
Aria
( "If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.")
To: nickcarraway
ya, I’m sure the whale would spit him out right away, forgive my cynicism heh. Although maybe... after all Jonah was spit out, but it took 3 days.
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:21:29 AM PDT
by
Bulwyf
To: nickcarraway
I'm not totally buying the story that the diver was never in danger. Even had the whale immediately spit the diver out, he could have lost his oxygen and been in danger of not getting back to the surface in time.
Frankly, I'd rather stick to the other side of the food chain. Some fish on the grill sounds great for this afternoon.
To: nickcarraway
The guy wouldn’t have even qualified as an appetizer.
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:31:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SamAdams76
Years ago my family and I were on our 30ft Chris Craft on our way to Catalina and we hit a Whale Shark, the fish was fine we were a little worried about our hull at the time though,lol
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:37:37 AM PDT
by
cmsgop
( The left always accuses the right for the sins of the left. from FReeper Just Lori, RIP)
To: nickcarraway
According to International Geographic, if he did get swallowed whole, the guy could have swam out of the stomach, across the idio syncratic membrane, through the abdullah oblongata and climbed out the blow hole.
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:39:31 AM PDT
by
Krankor
(I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in.)
To: SamAdams76
“I’m not totally buying the story that the diver was never in danger. Even had the whale immediately spit the diver out, he could have lost his oxygen and been in danger of not getting back to the surface in time.”
Yeah, 350 rows of teeth could certainly complicate the process of extracting oneself. This was definately a case of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat!
To: nickcarraway
Heck, that’s nothing. Same thing happens anytime someone gets between Michelle 0 and a dessert bar.
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:43:40 AM PDT
by
Hunton Peck
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To: Krankor
He would have needed a knife. Whale sharks don’t have blowholes.
To: Leroy S. Mort
According to International Geographic, he could simply grab one of the many cuttlefish in the whale’s stomach (or tummy) and use that to “saw” his way out through the non-existent blowhole. It’s very similar to the escape in The Poseidon Adventure. I suggest you watch a few more movies before you go around making snotty remarks.
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posted on
07/24/2011 11:55:03 AM PDT
by
Krankor
(I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in.)
To: Hunton Peck
To: nickcarraway
it has 350 rows of teeth Why would it need teeth, much less 350 rows of teeth, to eat plankton and small fish?
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posted on
07/24/2011 12:29:29 PM PDT
by
MosesKnows
(Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
To: nickcarraway
It most likely would have spat him out - a whale shark’s throat is tiny - about the size of your wrist. They probably know how to avoid sucking in stuff that’s too big to eat, so I doubt it would have even allowed him into its mouth at all.
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07/24/2011 12:34:07 PM PDT
by
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posted on
07/24/2011 12:34:28 PM PDT
by
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