Rare Eagle Ray Behaviour

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I think maybe laying low and hiding from the hammer head jajajajaja - someone needs to tell her to hide better...

Seen Mrs. Hammer this morning, pinche eye level 15' away and my camera was on the boat........ She's a big un!!!

Pinche 🤣

Haven't heard that in a couple decades since moving away from los angeles
I grew up in LA and lived there until I was 25, had not heard pinche until today, learned something new :)
 

Santa Rosa

Palancar caves today

I seen it at 80', it rubbed on an overhang 100' straight in front of me about 8:05 or 8:10 in the morning. It wasn't skitterish at all, was coming straight at me, veered just a little bit and went right past at a casual pace....

What time at caves and how deep?

Someone made a comment that it might be cleaning itself after coming up from the deep......
 
Hope the eagle ray is OK- Would be curious to learn more about that behavior or what is going on.

Looks like me on morning dive after going too hard at the Casa Mexicana breakfast buffet!
 
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it looks constipated
 
I'm wondering if it wasn't trying to give birth? I don't know much about Eagle Rays but I do know they give live birth and often stop swimming to do that. I also know they give birth to as few as one ray (up to 4) at a time. I can't tell from the video if the abdomen is distended or anything, so who knows? I don't even know if that thing is a female! Haha! :) Just wondering if that's a possibility. It seemed to swim away just fine when it wanted to.
 
I'm wondering if it wasn't trying to give birth? I don't know much about Eagle Rays but I do know they give live birth and often stop swimming to do that. I also know they give birth to as few as one ray (up to 4) at a time. I can't tell from the video if the abdomen is distended or anything, so who knows? I don't even know if that thing is a female! Haha! :) Just wondering if that's a possibility. It seemed to swim away just fine when it wanted to.
I think they give birth in shallow areas like a lot of rays and sharks do.
 

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