The whale in Whalefall could technically swallow a person. There’s no record one ever has
The new survival thriller's premise holds up on paper. But sperm whales don't feed on humans. Humpbacks have scooped up divers and spat them out. | HT Explainers
In Whalefall, a survival thriller released in cinemas this month, a diver is swallowed whole by a sperm whale, the one whale with a throat wide enough to take a person, though no whale has ever been known to swallow anyone. The only animal with docum... [7998 chars]
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