Scientists don't know why rays jump, as pictured in the video ... with a maximum weight of around 500 pounds. Stock image: a spotted eagle ray swimming near a sheer reef wall in Grand Cayman.

Brian Jones said spotted eagle rays are rare in local waters and are ... “It’s very much a jump with strong intention,” he said. A ray can also skitter across the surface rather than going ...

A family got the shock of their lives while on a fishing trip last week after a rare spotted eagle ray suddenly jumped ... "We think the reason she was jumping is due to a remora — or suckerfish ...

A family were left stunned as a rare, 180kg spotted eagle ray jumped onto their boat before giving birth to four pups. The enormous sea animal, which nearly made the boat sink due to its sheer ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Jones family was wrapping up their day on the water near Dauphin Island when a massive, 400-pound, spotted eagle ray leapt into their boat. It smashed into them and their ...

“This thing was beautiful,” she wrote on Facebook of the 400-pound spotted eagle ray that jumped into her family’s boat on July 16 in Alabama waters, “but 400+ lbs jumping in a boat and ...

When an Alabama family set out to wrangle a big fish for the 2022 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the last thing they expected was to see a rare spotted eagle ray come flopping into their boat.

I didn’t know what it was. I just saw a blob.” Well, the blob was a 5-foot, 400-plus-pound spotted eagle ray that was pregnant with four pups. It jumped into the back of Jones’ boat while ...

As their name implies, the spotted eagle ray is covered in a spotted pattern and other markings across the top side of the body, making it unmistakable from any other species throughout its range ...

Show more The lab said that the rare spotted eagle ray will give birth if they are in any type of stressful situation. The pubs were donated to the Sea Lab so they could show children and tell the ...