• Question: theoreticly do think that it could be possible for someone like jonah to live in a whale

    Asked by one23 to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 22 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Most species of whale are not big enough to accommodate a man. I think the sperm whale (who doesn’t eat anything but krill and plancton) is one of the biggest, but even there, the canal leading to the stomach is only big enough for a small person to get through. Also, there is no air to breathe, so the person would die quite quickly. Then there is the stomach acid to worry about if you made it through all that other stuff!! Yuck! I wouldn’t try it; it sounds as disgusting as climbing into a tauntaun as they did in Star Wars.

    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 22 Mar 2011:

      Only if he had breathing apparatus, but there would be plenty of space for him in the mouth of the Blue whale.

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