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Watch a giant stingray make friends with tourists | |
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An enormous stingray approached a group of tourists in the Maldives who had been feeding fish by the marina and struck up a most remarkable friendship - and it was all caught on video. | An enormous stingray approached a group of tourists in the Maldives who had been feeding fish by the marina and struck up a most remarkable friendship - and it was all caught on video. |
The hungry sea creature leaped out of the water and tried to flap its way on board in an apparent search for food. | The hungry sea creature leaped out of the water and tried to flap its way on board in an apparent search for food. |
The tourists gleefully complied, and the stingray stuck around to play, allowing them to pet and stroke him. | The tourists gleefully complied, and the stingray stuck around to play, allowing them to pet and stroke him. |
Stingrays are known for their particular cartilaginous torso, and also their barbed tail with which they use to capture prey. | Stingrays are known for their particular cartilaginous torso, and also their barbed tail with which they use to capture prey. |
They are known to eat a variety of foods, such as sea worms, shrimp, claims and soft-shelled animals. | They are known to eat a variety of foods, such as sea worms, shrimp, claims and soft-shelled animals. |
Stingray injuries are known to be agonising, but only on very rare occasions are they fatal, as was the case with famed wildlife expert Steve Irwin. | Stingray injuries are known to be agonising, but only on very rare occasions are they fatal, as was the case with famed wildlife expert Steve Irwin. |
But the animal is revealing itself to be more people friendly than you’d expect. | But the animal is revealing itself to be more people friendly than you’d expect. |
In another Youtube video, a giant stingray off the coast of Costa Rica approached a group of underwater divers. | In another Youtube video, a giant stingray off the coast of Costa Rica approached a group of underwater divers. |
It was caught in a fishing net, and seemingly asking the divers to free it. | It was caught in a fishing net, and seemingly asking the divers to free it. |
Diver Thomaz Monteiro told Ecorazzi: “It was the first I saw a manta ray. There was a very profound interaction between her and the diver.” | Diver Thomaz Monteiro told Ecorazzi: “It was the first I saw a manta ray. There was a very profound interaction between her and the diver.” |
The creature’s eventual saviour was Brian Thompson, who said: “I felt so strong a love for her and happiness to know that she was free and could enjoy her life again.” | The creature’s eventual saviour was Brian Thompson, who said: “I felt so strong a love for her and happiness to know that she was free and could enjoy her life again.” |
Like her fellow ocean dwellor in the Maldives, the Costa Rican stingray frolicked around for another long while. | Like her fellow ocean dwellor in the Maldives, the Costa Rican stingray frolicked around for another long while. |
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