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That was no baby wheel, Jay!

The Cape Cod Times reports on the lobster diver who was briefly mouthed up by a humpback whale before it spit him out.

Michael Packard reports he was a modern-day Jonah for roughly 30 to 40 seconds.

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The CCT consulted a whale expert - who happened to be the father of the mate who retrieved the diver.

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His name is Stormy Mayo.

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Worst porn name ever.

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Do I believe the water around here is ACTUALLY 60F as early as June 11th?!?

(Oh, and I hope this guy bought a lottery ticket after he got out of the hospital!)

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I know. We've also had 5-6 days over 90F before June 10 - we used to get that many in a typical-ish summer.

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Boston averages 14 days at 90 or above, historically, each year.

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Currently.

The 1951-1980 average was 8.5 per year for the Boston area.

Source: https://resilientma.org/datagrapher/?c=Temp/basin/tx90/ANN/Charles/ downloaded 6/12/21

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There have been reports of 60-62 around Boston, tho it's still pretty variable.

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HELLLLLL NO.

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encounter, but I can't guess what I'd do in this moment. In repose, I'd say, maybe flail around, hoping to be the unexpected olive pit that gets immediately spit out.

But in the moment? Freeze? Do, um, something? What?! Unimaginable.

I've been in a bad spot underwater, was pretty sure I was going to drown. (Next-to-last thought might have been, "Gotta admit, this bachelor party was going pretty great up to this point!") But that pales next to gettin' gulped by a fahkin' wheeel, Jay. That guy's a badass.

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You build a fire with driftwood and make the whale sneeze.

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Humpbacks eat tiny little krill. They can't actually swallow a person.

Once this one realized it had glomped a hard object, it spit it out.

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to what animals go through. Except they don't get spit out.

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Of course they do. If it doesn't taste good you spit it out. Hopefully in a napkin if you're human.

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