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Jumping eagle ray kills boater off Florida Keys Anonymous
Jumping eagle ray kills boater off Florida Keys

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3K32064420080320
MIAMI (Reuters) - An eagle ray leaped onto a boat off the Florida Keys on Thursday and stabbed a woman with its barb, knocking her to the deck and killing her, a Florida wildlife investigator said.

"It's a bizarre accident," said Jorge Pino, an agent with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The woman and her family were aboard a boat in the Atlantic Ocean, off the city of Marathon in the Florida Keys, he said.

"A large ray jumped out of the water and collided with the victim and somehow the barb penetrated some part of her body, which caused her to fall back and hit her head on some portion of the vessel," Pino said. "We don't know exactly which one of those things caused her death."

Local media said the animal's barb had impaled the woman through the neck.

Eagle rays are common in warm or tropical waters and are often seen near coral reefs. The spotted creatures can grow to more than 8 feet across and have two to six short, venomous barbs near the base of their whip-like tails, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History's Web site.

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>> Anonymous
I think they're evolving.
>> First Steve, now this Anonymous
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.. There's a horror-conspiracy movie somewhere in this..
>> AnonymousPrime !/RDa1B/y1o
I heard about that this morning! That's fucking nuts but either way she was probably going to get killed. If it wasn't for the barbs or the impact of her head against the boat it could've easily crushed the shit out of her, look at that tiny guy up top looking down at that giant thing!
>> Anonymous
is mother nature going to end its war via bacteria and command the ocean against us? because I think we could fuck up mother nature's ocean forces without even trying.
>> Anonymous
>>226064
Man, and I thought flying sharks were something to worry about!!!
>> Anonymous
>>226068
>>226071
>>226203

Maybe Steve Irwin found something he shouldn't and got assasinated by one of those things.
>> Anonymous
they just said on the new that she didn't die because of the barb, but rather the blunt force trauma to the head from the mass of the ray slamming straight into her head.
>> Anonymous
What part of her body did it penetrate ?
>> Anonymous
>>226756
Her neck. Learn to read.
>> Anonymous
>>226218
Well, since rays are basically flattened sharks...
>> Anonymous
I hope they shot the ray for this.
>> Anonymous
>>226071
they're making one. directed by the guy that made XXX and Fast and the Furious; it's gonna suck. check Rotten tomatoes for more info.
>> Anonymous
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don't know why OP was too lazy to post a full size pic
>> Anonymous
what a great family story "your great great grandmother was killed by a flying fish"
>> Anonymous
Mantine uses Bodyslam.
>> Anonymous
>>226814
i hope you get shot by stingrays
>> AnonymousPrime !/RDa1B/y1o
>>226829
lol
>> Anonymous
>>226271

Yeah, that's why they call them the 'portoricans of the sea'.