Orlando Sentinel
Giant ray kills Michigan woman in boat in Keys (with video)
A woman was killed by a ray off the Florida Keys Thursday morning when the barb-tailed animal jumped out of the water into her boat, officials said.
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This is such a random event. I can only imagine how frightening it must have been for that poor woman. What would cause a ray to do that? A predator?
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Just wait until GMA and the rest of the morning shows gets a hold of this story ... they'll be calling for a hunt of these 'killer' rays.
We do a lot of boating and we've seen several of them come up out of the water. It's just what they do sometimes. I've also seen them while diving in the Caymans .. they are not a predator. |
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The area near duck key have lots of these rays swimming around just stop by the bridge overlooking duck key marina and watch them better still bring a fishing pole with a snag hook and start swinging.
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NOTING IS SAFE IN FLORIDA
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crazy.
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WTH??? how random is this? how does a ray just jump into the friggin boat??
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It probably knocked her down and she must have hit her head..
It would have to be in the right position to be able to kill her with the barb. Or maybe gave her a heart attack seeing that big ol thing coming out of the water. Dang!!! |
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Talk about luck. If it wasn't for bad luck, she would have had no luck at all.
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Poor lady... Definately her name was written up above for today... RIP...
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Poor woman. My condolences to her family. What an awful way to experience Florida.
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holy damn..can grow up to 17 feet long...
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AOL
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Florida is a jungle...it's filled with dangerous wildlife in the water and on shore...you need to be very vigilant.
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Reply to 'intelligent rational:"Florida is a jungle...it's filled with dangerous wildlife in the water and on shore...you need to be very vigilant."
....and dangerous wildlife on our streets/highways/neighborhoods /towns. |
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Appears a large number of readers think this woman's tragic death is comical, something to make a joke about. Well the joke is on you sorry insensitive losers. Just hope no one ever needs your caring or compassion because it is very obvious you lack the character those traits represent.
Now please crawl back under your rocks. |
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“Associate Managing Editor”
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Agreed. I've deleted those posts. |
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Life is fragile.
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“JMHO,although it's right!”
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I was really sorry to hear this, my heart go out to her ,and her loved ones, a shame for such a magnificent creature also, truly a sad accident ,in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
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My condolences to her family.
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This is sad news to hear so close to beloved Steve Irwin's death even if that was almost two years ago. I hope that this type of thing doesn't happen to anyone else because it is a true tragedy.
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Thankyou! |
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