Whale 'swallows' sea lion: 'It was a once-in-a-lifetime event'

> "The whale never actually closed its jaws around the sea lion, so it shouldn't have been harmed. Very scared, I'm sure, but not harmed."

According to the photographer the sea lion most likely just swam away as the whale didn't even close its mouth, which makes this an annoyingly click-baity title ("swallows").

In most instances, being eaten alive is a "once-in-a-lifetime event"...

Typical. The sea lion was just asking a few questions and trying to have a polite discussion.

Yeah this is cool but more like "Whale accidentally surfaces with mouth open where sea lion happens to be"

Humpback whale throats are about the size of a grapefruit and they eat mostly krill.

This is a perfect candidate for editing the title for accuracy on HN. I was absolutely shocked until I read past the clickbait headline.

so, I've been near sea lions on the Oregon coast - the males can be large and many 100s of pounds (bigger than actual Lions!) and rather intimidating. This picture of the whale's mouth with a sea lion in it really puts into perspective how big the whale is.