Posted on 09/12/2023 3:41:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Dozens of bat rays acting as a fever (a fever is the name given to a group of bat rays) were captured on camera in the Monterey Bay.
The video shows dozens of rays congregating together in the bay near Aptos. Eric Mailander captured the video. (Watch the video above)
A group of rays is a common sight near Baja, Mexico, or Australia, but according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the ocean-dwelling creatures are also common in the Monterey Bay.
"Several bays and wetland areas along the California and Pacific Coast of Baja, including nearby Elkhorn Slough, are important nursery and feeding grounds for bat rays," the aquarium reports on its website.
Bkmk
Earthquake pending?
Bat ray feeVERRrrr, da nhanh nah....
Sung by your cousin, Peggy?
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I’ll try to get a look at these guys this week
Is that all there is?
I’ve got a fever. And the only prescription — is more cowbell.
Why, no. She also sang duets on "Double Live Gonzo!" and played bass on a number of Iron Maiden albums.
Looks like a Pikachu face.
“Looks like a Pikachu face.”
That or some cartoon teddy bear.
Is the only solution.... more cowbell?
It does. ;O)
About 20 years ago I witnessed this off of Long Beach. It was caused by global warming back then and it’s causing it now. We are so mean giving these delicate creatures a “fever ”.
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Oh, you are talking about these guys:
The bat ray is an eagle ray found in muddy or sandy sloughs, estuaries and bays, kelp beds and rocky-bottomed shoreline in the eastern Pacific Ocean, between the Oregon coast and the Gulf of California. It is also found in the area around the Galápagos Islands. The largest specimens can grow to a wingspan of 5 ft 11 in and a mass of 201 lb. They more typically range from 20.0–30.0 lb. The size of the bat ray is dependent on many factors, such as habitat alterations, different oceanographic and environmental conditions. Bat rays have one to three venomous barbed spines at the base of its tail. Some bat rays are solitary while others form schools numbering in the thousands.
The sexual maturity size of the female Myliobatis california is often greater than the male one. Bat rays are euryhaline, i.e. they are able to live in environments with a wide range of salinities. Predators of the bat ray include California sea lion, great white sharks and broadnose sevengill sharks. To keep themselves safe from predators, bat rays camouflage in the sand.
One of their best sketches ever!
Oh Ya. Ferrell kills me with his stomach hanging out of that shirt. And Walken "I got a fever...". LOL
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