'For the whale's tail to contact you while you're in the boat—extremely rare,' paramedic Scott Brown said.
A man has been taken to hospital after being hit in the face by an extremely big and rather unexpected adversary: a whale.The man, who is in his 30s, was fishing on a boat with a friend on Sunday morning local time, around 60 miles south of Brisbane, Australia, when the whale's tail whacked him in the head.He was knocked unconscious, but thankfully didn't fall into the water, and his friend immediately called the emergency services.
He was left with minor facial injuries, but was otherwise relatively unharmed by the bizarre event.' very lucky to get away with the injuries they have,' Brown said. ' sore and sorry.''Couldn't believe what happened—not really remembering everything that happened, but was in a good way.'The species of whale involved in the incident has not been confirmed, however, humpbacks are currently migrating along Australia's east coast.
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