A kayaker spent nearly 3 seconds inside a whale, and although it didn't come close to Jonah's three-day record, it likely felt just as long. Adrián Simancas had been kayaking in Chile's Strait of ...

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In the interviews after the humpback whale spat him back out, Simancas does not seem like a petulant Jonah; he’s even generous toward the whale’s intentions in scooping him out of the water.

And while any whale swallowing highlights our helplessness in the face of the power of nature and God, perhaps the real takeaway comes from the difference between Jonah and Simancas’ reactions.

But inside the mouth of a humpback whale was exactly where he ended up, much to his surprise and the surprise of his father, ... Adrian has opened up about what it was like to be a real-life Jonah.