What would make a stingray jump out of the water onto a boat?
 

Would that kind of occurrence be seasonal?

What would make a stingray jump out of the water onto a boat?
 

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:06:02 -0700, aesthete8 wrote:

Would that kind of occurrence be seasonal?

I don't think so. There is some speculation they jump to relieve
themselves of parasites.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbcsout...GRAY_1020.html

What would make a stingray jump out of the water onto a boat?
 

Seeing the ghost of Steve Irwin?

What would make a stingray jump out of the water onto a boat?
 

thunder wrote:
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:06:02 -0700, aesthete8 wrote:

Would that kind of occurrence be seasonal?

I don't think so. There is some speculation they jump to relieve
themselves of parasites.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbcsout...GRAY_1020.html

I have watched them jump to escape a shark.

What would make a stingray jump out of the water onto a boat?
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 21 Oct 2006 23:06:02 -0700, wrote:

Would that kind of occurrence be seasonal?

Nope. They can and do jump from time to time. I've seen it in the
Gulf more than once.

I've always subscribed to the "diver giving the ray a goose" theory
myself. :)


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I always thought fish jumped because they did not have a middle finger.

What would make a stingray jump out of the water onto a boat?
 

I've never seen a jumping stingray down here on the South Coast.

Butch
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 21 Oct 2006 23:06:02 -0700, wrote:

Would that kind of occurrence be seasonal?

Nope. They can and do jump from time to time. I've seen it in the
Gulf more than once.

I've always subscribed to the "diver giving the ray a goose" theory
myself. :)


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I always thought fish jumped because they did not have a middle finger.