VIDEOS: Humpback Whale Shows Amazing Appreciation After Being Saved & This is what it’s like to nearly get eaten by a whale 2AUG13

I was going to post this video I found from a Washington Post article (I have included it below, it is hysterical) but the first video is even more amazing. It shows the rescue of a Humpback whale and the whale's joyful reaction to being saved. Hope you enjoy!

Humpback Whale Shows Amazing Appreciation After Being Saved

 http://youtu.be/weKva5P9-Vs

This is what it’s like to nearly get eaten by a whale

By Brad Plumer, Published: August 2 at 1:00 pm

In today’s Lunch Break, a couple of divers almost get swallowed by a pair of humpback whales:

http://youtu.be/0Ut7wK9l9mk
So what would happen if a humpback whale did try to eat you? According to NOAA, baleen whales have small throats about the size of basketballs. So they certainly couldn’t swallow a human. But they do have powerful tongues and the overall experience might not be too pleasant.
Relatedly, here’s a long Salon essay from 2012 in which Ben Shattuck tries to find a record of any whale ever swallowing a human. (Sperm whales, with their sharp, 8-inch teeth, seem like one possible candidate.) He comes up empty, but it’s an entertaining read all the same.
(Video via Aaron Cohen, and yes, it’s about a week old. Apologies for tardiness on this pressing issue.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/02/this-is-what-its-like-to-nearly-get-eaten-by-a-whale/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm