Can whales swallow humans whole?

Question

Can whales swallow humans whole?

Answer 1

Nope, their throats are too small, basically

Plus, they only eat plankton.

Answer 2

they are not meant to eat anything bigger than microscopic plankton, so thier throats are actually small.

Answer 3

See, I just don't believe this whole thing about the throats of the great whales being so small that they couldn't possibly swallow a man.

The mysticetes (the ones that eat plankton) get a huge mouthful of plankton. I'm talking hundreds and hundreds of pounds of the stuff in one mouthful. They have to, they need to eat that much. So – what – people think they can only swallow a handful of plankton at a time? I bet not! It just doesn't sound right.

I reckon that if there was a seagull or a penguin or a seal or a human unlucky enough to be caught up in that mouthful of plankton the whale just caught, then they'd go down the gullet with the rest of it.

Answer 4

Killer whale maybe ?

Answer 5

No there is something about a gullet in the whales throat that is not made to swallow humans whole. I believe that the only thing that might come close is a sperm whale but I think that is under a different category as a regualr whale but I could be mistaken, they are found with huge squid inside of them.