Hungry 20-tonne whale mistook diver for a sardine and tried to swallow him

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Hungry 20-tonne whale mistook diver for a sardine and tried to swallow him
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'Everything went black' 😳😳😳

This is the astonishing moment a deep sea diver almost became lunch after getting a bit too close to a whale.

The situation has been compared to the bible story about Jonah, who was said to have lived inside a whale for three days before being spat out.Luckily Rainer’s experience was much shorter – and astonishingly all of it was captured on camera by his friend.Rainer, who is director of Dive Expert Tours, had set off with a team to document a sardine run when events took a surprising turn off Port Elizabeth Harbour, east of Cape Town.

He recalled: ‘I could feel the pressure on my hip, there is no time for fear in a situation like that – you have to use your instinct.’

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