August 27, 201411 yr Actually the teacher is wrong about whales, it almost sounds like she skimmed this article and found out that whale SHARKS can't swallow people whole because their esophagus is too small.http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-a-whale-accidentally-swallow-you-it-is-possible-26353362/?no-istThat's what I was thinking but then I read this too:http://www.whalefacts.org/do-blue-whales-eat-people/It appears the Blue Whale's throat is also too small.THOUGH both articles say it is possible for a sperm whale to swallow a whole human. (just highly unlikely) It is just once you are swallowed you are going to suffocate (if you don't get killed by stomach juices), because it doesn't have much to any oxygen in its digestive system.