Seal swims free from whale's jaws near Seattle

Zoom in: At one point, Zillion opened her jaws and lunged toward the surface for a scoop of fish, but got an unexpected surprise with a mouthful of seal, who was probably feeding on the same fish, Gless told Axios.

• Humpback whales eat small fish and krill, not seals, and their throats are only the size of a grapefruit, Gless said.
• Zillion repeatedly opened her jaw and lowered her head into the water until the seal was able to successfully swim away, she said.

Yes, but: While the seal may have survived this round with a whale, an encounter with a Bigg's transient orca, which eat marine mammals, would have had a different ending.