Amazingly, WikiAnswers has the answers for those wondering, Can you survive in a whale’s stomach? And the BBC offers advice, too.
Who knew this was such a problem? Legend holds that one James Bartlely, a “Modern Jonah” survived a couple days inside a sperm whale. For the duly skeptical, there is always The Straight Dope analysis. For the most part, sperm whales prefer squid over people.
Alas, there is no mention of how a sperm whale can be wired for electricity. The idea for the various contents in our whale’s tummy (his name is Tuvia, btw; they’ll make formal greetings next week) comes from the books on marine life I read to my son at bedtime. They invariably mention strange things that marine biologists and fishermen have found in the stomachs of sharks and whales. I think my favorite is a shark with a shark in its tummy that also had a shark in its tummy, like some grotesque set of nesting dolls.
Re the grotesque set of nesting dolls:
As Qui-Gon taught us, there’s always a bigger fish.
Very apt.
Funny you should quote him — his Lego avatar is currently hacking through droids with his light saber on my kids’ Wii system.
Hi, I just found your comic via Hereville and hour ago and tore through the archives… I love it!
But, since I’m language-retentive, I have to point out that it’s “cord”, not “chord” in this case…
Thanks, and looking forward to much more of Sheldon!!
Erik
Thank you, Erik! Glad you like the stuff. And I always appreciate a correction. I need an editor.