Head trauma killed woman in Fla. stingray collision

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> [Default] Thus spake Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten>:
>
>> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>>
>>
>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>
> Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
> eagle ray.


I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
you so it must be feared. <shrug>

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On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
> Dillon Pyron wrote:
> > [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>
> >> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>
> >>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>
> > Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
> > eagle ray.
>
> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>
> --
> jer
> email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
never for aggression or predation.

There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.

Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?

g

On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
> Dillon Pyron wrote:
> > [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>
> >> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>
> >>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>
> > Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
> > eagle ray.
>
> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>
> --
> jer
> email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
never for aggression or predation.

There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.

Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?

g

On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
> Dillon Pyron wrote:
> > [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>
> >> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>
> >>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>
> > Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
> > eagle ray.
>
> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>
> --
> jer
> email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
never for aggression or predation.

There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.

Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?

g

On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
> Dillon Pyron wrote:
> > [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>
> >> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>
> >>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>
> > Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
> > eagle ray.
>
> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>
> --
> jer
> email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
never for aggression or predation.

There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.

Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?

g

On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
> Dillon Pyron wrote:
> > [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>
> >> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>
> >>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>
> > Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
> > eagle ray.
>
> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>
> --
> jer
> email reply - I am not a 'ten'

Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
never for aggression or predation.

There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.

Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?

g

George Cathcart wrote:
> On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
>> Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>> [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>>>> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>>>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>>> Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
>>> eagle ray.
>> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
>> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>>
>> --
>> jer
>> email reply - I am not a 'ten'
>
> Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
> of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
> roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
> on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
> never for aggression or predation.
>
> There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
> example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
> that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
> course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
> cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.
>
> Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?
>
> g


My book it says Pristis pectinatus. Incredibly cute and one of my best
friends.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

George Cathcart wrote:
> On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
>> Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>> [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>>>> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>>>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>>> Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
>>> eagle ray.
>> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
>> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>>
>> --
>> jer
>> email reply - I am not a 'ten'
>
> Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
> of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
> roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
> on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
> never for aggression or predation.
>
> There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
> example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
> that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
> course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
> cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.
>
> Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?
>
> g


My book it says Pristis pectinatus. Incredibly cute and one of my best
friends.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

George Cathcart wrote:
> On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
>> Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>> [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>>>> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>>>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>>> Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
>>> eagle ray.
>> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
>> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>>
>> --
>> jer
>> email reply - I am not a 'ten'
>
> Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
> of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
> roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
> on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
> never for aggression or predation.
>
> There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
> example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
> that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
> course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
> cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.
>
> Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?
>
> g


My book it says Pristis pectinatus. Incredibly cute and one of my best
friends.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'

George Cathcart wrote:
> On Mar 23, 8:43 pm, Jer <gd...@airmail.ten> wrote:
>> Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>> [Default] Thus spake Jer <gd...@airmail.ten>:
>>>> Wow!! Who wooda thunkit! You just can't make this stuff up.
>>>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ay-death_N.htm
>>> Saw this yesteday in Yahoo. They say "stingray", but it was a spotted
>>> eagle ray.
>> I suppose for some people they're the same thing, and big enough to kill
>> you so it must be feared. <shrug>
>>
>> --
>> jer
>> email reply - I am not a 'ten'
>
> Indeed, spotted eagle rays are stingrays, just one of the many species
> of stingrays, which also includes southern rays, bullnose rays,
> roughtail rays, cownose rays, marbled rays, etc. etc. All have barbs
> on their tails that they use to defend themselves from predators,
> never for aggression or predation.
>
> There are rays that don't have barbs -- mantas and butterfly rays for
> example, but they are rays as opposed to skates, the difference being
> that all rays give live birth, while all skates lay eggs. And of
> course all skates and rays are elasmobranchs, meaning they have
> cartilagenous skeletons. All sharks also are elasmobranchs.
>
> Now the bonus question: What kind of animal is a sawfish?
>
> g


My book it says Pristis pectinatus. Incredibly cute and one of my best
friends.

--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'