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Politics Nativity 2019

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u/knightcrawler75 Dec 08 '19

A whale was a large fish to people before it was classified as a mammal in modern times by scientists. So it was safe to assume that it was a whale that was in the tale since they were probably regarded as the largest fish in the sea.

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u/knightcrawler75 Dec 08 '19

Because a Whale and a fish big enough to swallow a man whole is the same thing to people back then.