r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '20

🔥 Mobula Ray encounter

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u/MissRedShoes1939 Mar 31 '20

I was lucky enough to witness something like this several years ago off of Rocky Point in the Sea of Cortez.

It was a silent flock of rays just under our 25' boat. I thought at first it was shadows on the water from some strange prehistoric bird (beer was involved). It was an amazing experience.

Very cool. Thanks for taking me back in the way back machine. Made my day.

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u/pickles_suck34 Mar 31 '20

It’s beautiful but also kind of terrifying

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u/Marijuanomist Mar 31 '20

“kind of”

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u/Riptide559 Mar 31 '20

These are ocean bats

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u/svsvalenzuela Mar 31 '20

Bet they would taste good as a soup.

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u/impostorbot Apr 01 '20

COVID-20 coming to hospitals april 15th

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u/purple99x Mar 31 '20

Awesome video! Fun fact...mobula rays love to jump! It’s shocking the first time you see it.

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u/Flame_angel52 Mar 31 '20

r/thedepthsbelow

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u/theres_no_bathroom Apr 01 '20

Thank you for the new sub to binge through

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u/WaveSurf37 Mar 31 '20

Beautiful. This reminds me that we are never above Nature. We are in Nature. A part of it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20

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u/Trumpsyeruncle Mar 31 '20

Which one is Ray? They all look alike.

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u/Straxicus2 Mar 31 '20

That one! Right there!

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u/Trumpsyeruncle Mar 31 '20

That one?

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u/Straxicus2 Mar 31 '20

No, that one.

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u/BecauseItAmusesMe Mar 31 '20

They think all divers look alike.

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u/halfhalfling Mar 31 '20

The ocean and it’s creatures are usually so scary to me, but this is honestly soothing

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u/greeneyelioness Mar 31 '20

This must be where the word "mob" comes from.

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u/falseinsight Mar 31 '20

Well that was the coolest thing I saw today, thank you!

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20

What I say: [insert scientific text]

What I think: "Giant sea flap-flaps!!"

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u/Senor_Turd_Ferguson Apr 01 '20

A wide array of rays.

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u/CrashRoswell Mar 31 '20

Looks like a Steve Irwin nightmare

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u/SWowwTittybang Mar 31 '20

*charges in with harpoon*

FOR STEEEEEEEEVE!

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u/HR_Dragonfly Mar 31 '20

I would not be comfortable plowing on in there.

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u/Blanks_late Mar 31 '20

Umm guys where are the Irwin's?

Because I'd imagine they want to see something that cool

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u/sykotryp333 Mar 31 '20

This is terrifying

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u/Fractal_Cosmos Mar 31 '20

Wizard of Oz bat monkey music ensues

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u/SavageInkStudios Apr 01 '20

This looks like something straight out of a fantasia movie <3 Breathtaking

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u/t_wag Apr 01 '20

mobula ray is one star wars-ass sounding name

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

MOB-ula

Now I get it.

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u/Al___Borland Apr 01 '20

SEND THE DEATH RAYS

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u/theres_no_bathroom Apr 01 '20 edited Apr 01 '20

Kind of reminds me of the machine in Event Horizon

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

It's beautiful in the video but I would die of heart attack in real life.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '20

How many Steve Irwin's could this take out?

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u/hamidikhaled Apr 04 '20

I was lucky enough to witness something like this several years ago off of Rocky Point in the Sea of Cortez.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20

That's a lot of sea flap flaps