Answer by Trish for How long could a human being survive after being...
5 minutesThe Whale that "swallowed" our poor lad starts existence right around him after an incident with a spaceship drive that runs on improbability. His second-closest acquaintance - after the dude...
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A Big Fat ImpossibleNo whale has ever been recorded eating a human in history, and for a good reason. It’s basically impossible. I’m going to use a sperm whale for example. A speem whale, could...
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This website is the most detailed scientific study of the Jonah account I've seen:...
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As other answers have explained, surviving within a whale or a fish is not plausible without either a new kind of fish or some expensive equipment. Since this person is presumably not a professional...
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I guess the creature would have to have a very big mouth for its size, and a very wide throat for its size, and a very big stomach for its size, if it is less than hundreds of feet long. Maybe if it is...
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I am thinking of a fish like a catfish, that swallows stuff whole. Catfish also swallow rocks and then later spit them out - presumably behavior like that is why it got the whole log cabin.I have...
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I'd give your character a minute at best.Problem 1: oxygenContrary to depictions of Pinocchio, a creatures stomach is not filled with breathable air. The stomach contracts regularily in order to store...
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A few hours seems to be the upper limit...see : http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/answers/viewtopic.php?id=506According to this source, some unlucky real life whaler got swallowed by one and survived a...
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Answer by gwally for How long could a human being survive after being...
The largest apex predator whale is the Orca, aka “the killer whale”. It's prey is fish, birds, seals, even other whales. I doubt it has the ability to swallow a man whole.Larger whales such as a blue...
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In the short story, a man is swallowed by a giant, fictional fish. In fact, he is swallowed whole along with his log cabin and a bunch of hand-crafted tools. In a "The Martian"-like narrative, he...
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