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Kayaker swallowed by whale recalls feeling 'slimy texture' in its mouth

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Venezuelan kayaker Adrián Simancas was eaten by a humpback whale off Chile 's Patagonian coast.

The 23-year-old had been paddling through the Strait of Magellan with his father when he felt something "hit me from behind, closing in on me and sinking me" But within seconds , he realised he was inside the whale's mouth.

The creature spat him back out - and the encounter was captured on video by his father.

Humpback whales have narrow throats designed for swallowing small fish and shrimp.

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