Michael Packard “was swallowed by the whale, he was in his mouth for about 20 seconds,” said sister Cynthia Packard.
Author: Doug Fraser, Cape Cod Times
Entangled right whale with fishing buoy stuck in mouth appears to be ailing off Nantucket
The buoy is lodged in the baleen toward the front of the whale’s mouth and likely makes it hard for her to close her mouth.