Can a humpback whale eat a person?

Answer 1

No.

Humpbacks belong to the group of baleen whales - filter feeders. They haven't got the teeth to divide prey up and they can't swallow chunks.

While a humpback's mouth may measure fifteen feet across, their esophagus measures only about six to ten inches. They would choke if they were to try to swallow anything larger than a grapefruit.

Answer 2

No. The humpback is a predator, taking krill and small schooling fish, such as herring, salmon, capelin and sand lance as well as mackerel, pollock and haddock in the North Atlantic. Krill and copepods have been recorded from Australian and Antarctic waters. Humpbacks hunt by direct attack or by stunning prey by hitting the water with pectoral fins or flukes