fairybasslet
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Sounds like a fishtale to me . The ray lept out of the water? Maybe because it was hooked on his fishing line?
Stingray jumps in boat injures man
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Here is a link to a thread where I posted about the same topic. There is also a link to pictures of stingrays jumping out of the water that was really neat.
Here is a link to a thread where I posted about the same topic. There is also a link to pictures of stingrays jumping out of the water that was really neat.
rjsimp
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It seems VERY odd that it "lept into the boat".. I agree that it most likely was caught and brought on board. I just have a hard time picturing a spotted eagle ray leaving the water with enough speed to get into a boat.. I can't remember seeing any ray jump out of the water for that matter..
EDIT: Okay.. I have now seen pictures of rays jumping.. VERY Cool looking! Didn't know they could do that..
EDIT: Okay.. I have now seen pictures of rays jumping.. VERY Cool looking! Didn't know they could do that..
under water
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I never knew until now why they called them "Eagle" rays.:huh:
Must be because they fly.
Must be because they fly.
erparamedic
Vampire Girl......er Dork
Rays do leap up out of the water... it almost appears to be "flying" if you see it! Really, to see it, it's quite cool. But it was just doing what rays do... and I hate all the bad press that they are getting. Let's put ourselves in the ray's, uh, skin (?) for a moment....
It's swimming along, breaching or leaping from the water, havin' a good ole' "ray" of a time... when.... OH! I've landed in something that's NOT water! OH, My... so it jumps around, trying to get back to the water, and just "happens" to barb the guy in the chest.
Do we all really think it was "trying" to "attack" the guy? I don't. But, unfortunately, now they will be getting more bad raps by the general non-diving community. Sad, really.
It's swimming along, breaching or leaping from the water, havin' a good ole' "ray" of a time... when.... OH! I've landed in something that's NOT water! OH, My... so it jumps around, trying to get back to the water, and just "happens" to barb the guy in the chest.
Do we all really think it was "trying" to "attack" the guy? I don't. But, unfortunately, now they will be getting more bad raps by the general non-diving community. Sad, really.
I gotta admit when my dive instructor told me a few months ago that stingrays fly I was kinda like "yah, sure," but this changes my mind. He was telling me there has been a similar accident before. Anyone know anything about a stingray jumping out of the water and hitting someone in the heart near Australia?
Midnight Star
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fairybasslet:
I was thinking the same thing ... that he was fishing and it "bit" the bait laying on the bottom and he pulled it on board. It's very possible though that he did try and toss it back not quite knowing what it was, and the news media, looking for more impressive "hype" lays it out as a sting ray attack. Either the reporter is close to loosing his job and looking for "exclusive" points, or the periodical is fairly small and they're looking to "expand" their market share.
I hope he gets better.
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I have seen Manta Rays many times jump completely out of the water @ the Flower Gardens NMS.
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