Kayakers escape after ending up in mouth of a whale

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Two kayakers escaped unhurt after finding themselves in the mouth of a humpback whale that surfaced beneath them. Julie McSorley and Liz Cottriel said they were kayaking and whale watching off the coast of Avila Beach, California, when one whale surfaced from underneath their boat. “I thought, 'Oh, no!’” said one of them. Luckily, the whale left them behind.

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