Why does it have to be inside “a great fish” of all things?

In many prayer locations,

why did Jonah pray to God inside “a great fish” that God had prepared?

(Jon. 1:17; Ch. 2)

Due to “a great wind” that God sent upon the sea,

causing a violent strom in the midst of the sea,

when the ship Jonah was aboard was about to be broken,

even though Jonah could have prayed from the lower deck of the ship,

he was actually deeply asleep (1:4-5).

In short, when Jonah went down to the bottom of the ship,

he did not pray to God,

but when he went down to the roots of the mountains inside the great fish,

then he prayed to God (2:6).

We are not much different from Jonah.

We do not pray inside “the ship,” but we sleep.

However, inside “a great fish”, we pray to God.

The reason is “my distress” (v. 2).