A US lobsterman has been describing how he escaped being swallowed by a humpback whale.
Michael Packard says he was diving when he ended up in the marine giant's mouth for about 30-40 seconds off Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The leviathan spat him out and Mr Packard was left with nothing more than a suspected dislocated knee.
Despite his wife's pleas to get another job, he has no plans of giving up a 40-year career diving off Cape Cod.
Humpback whales can grow to as long as 50ft (15m) and weigh about 36 tons. According to the World Wildlife Fund, their global population is about 60,000.
Mr Packard, 56, told the Cape Cod Times he and his crewmate took their boat, the Ja'n J, off Herring Cove on Friday morning where conditions were excellent, with water visibility at about 20ft.
He told WBZ-TV News that after jumping off the vessel in scuba gear into the water, he "felt this huge bump and everything went dark".
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