Holy Stingray, Batman!
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Wow that is awsome. Would love to see one in person!
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Gosh, that was pretty unconvincing footage... in terms of size by size actual comparison~ I've shot footage like that with Caribbean 2 foot females. Hope the actual show does some better images.
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Southern Stingrays can reach up to 2 meters across. Southern Stingray, Dasyatis americana at MarineBio.org I've seen very few that big, but a few. Saw one scavenging fish guts around piers in Belize one.
The interesting video you linked mentioned that that rare species can get to 2.5 meters across.
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Yeah, I never could get them to pose by my dive light either. They're usually pretty busy creatures it seems.I have a photo of a stingray that is maybe 5ft across that I took off Rottnest Island, (Off the Cost of Perth, Australia). My photo doesn't really doesn't show a size comparison though
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More locally to the US, since we're now talking about other species, you can still find Atlantic Mantas near Tobago that are 8, 10 and the rare 12' wingspan. Most have skeedaddled, but the best operators can still find them at the right time of year (and day!).
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Swam with a Manta between Holbox and Cancun last year on a whale shark excursion. Bigggggg Boy! He was under me a few feet, upside down, then did a nice roll and adios....!
Always enjoy the Cozumel Eagel Rays. Usually shy, but my favorite was one that kept dive bombing the sand then circling around to hit the same area again while our two groups lay on the bottom. A few nice pics but I wish I had switched to video.
Then this one time at Utila, a DM suggested I pet an Electric Ray. I always wondered if he would have stopped me if I'd feel for that.
Always enjoy the Cozumel Eagel Rays. Usually shy, but my favorite was one that kept dive bombing the sand then circling around to hit the same area again while our two groups lay on the bottom. A few nice pics but I wish I had switched to video.
Then this one time at Utila, a DM suggested I pet an Electric Ray.
I always wondered if he would have stopped me if I'd feel for that.Similar threads
