A stunning video from Chile shows a humpback whale briefly scooping a kayaker into its mouth before releasing him unharmed.

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

A father-and-son kayaking expedition off the coast of Punta Arenas in Southern Chile has made headlines all over the world ...

Pirotta said baleen whales such as humpbacks open their jaws ... A humpback whale surfaces while lunge feeding on menhaden, a small fish, in the Atlantic.Credit: Dave Sanders/The New York Times ...

While this isn't the first time a human has ended up in a humpback whale's mouth, it's not an everyday occurrence. "The whale was just as surprised as the kayaker.” ...

A humpback whale surfaces while lunge feeding on menhaden, a small fish, in the Atlantic.Credit: Dave Sanders/The New York Times Pirotta said baleen whales such as humpbacks open their jaws very ...

A baleen is a fascinating modification ... that hang down each side of the upper jaw. Humpback whales are gulp feeders. When they feed, they open their mouth wide and take in huge volumes of ...

Humpback whales feed by quickly lunging through a school of fish with their mouths wide open, then straining the water out through their baleen, the fringed plates they have inside their mouths ...

SANTIAGO - A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video.Adrian Simancas was paddling off the ...