Stingray jumps in boat injures man

[Rapida]

I wasn't real sure where to put this news article, but I thought it was rather interesting. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15321718/?GT1=8618

 

[H2Andy]

wow... odd

i wonder why the eagle ray jumped so close to the boat...

very odd

 

[dumpsterDiver]

to get to the other side?

 

[Jim Ernst]

wow, very strange !!! thanks for sharing!!

 

[Jason Ooi]

weird.....eagle ray....JUMP....JUMP

 

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

i didnt know that they were capable of jumping. crazy.

 

[vladimir]

While on the surface I saw a ray do three successive leaps out of the water in Menjangan, Bali. I think it was a manta ray. I assumed it was fleeing predation.

 

[jeraldjcook]

I realize they are a different type of ray, but this link has cool pictures of mobula rays jumping way out of the water.

http://www.malbertphoto.com/mobulas1.html

 

[ScubaRev]

Those rays seem to be copping a bit of attitude of late. Probably has to do with global warming.

They don't call it "wildlife" for nothing.

 

[battles2a5]

So I was getting ready for work this morning watching CNN and I saw this quick segment about a man boating off Miami when a "stingray" lept from the water, into the boat, and stung him in the chest!

Apparently he will require open heart surgery. So then they show a picture of the suspect ray and it was a spotted eagle ray! I didn't know they had barbs? Has anyone else heard of this?

So anyway, I checked out the miami paper and this is what I found. These poor guys are getting some bad press lately...

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15796740.htm