Beware Sun Bathers!!!

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:09 pm

Just today on the local news, a killing occured on the Ocean. I cought the end of the story where a beautiful "Sting Ray", it was reported, "jumped into" a boat and killed a woman sun bathing on the deck!:-2

Now I've head everything!

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:28 pm

How nasty!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:46 pm

Here is the story..............

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23727914/

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:31 pm

oiy....that is so sad..the woman was just enjoying her day and in a blink it was over....

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:04 pm

cars;810439 wrote: Just today on the local news, a killing occured on the Ocean. I cought the end of the story where a beautiful "Sting Ray", it was reported, "jumped into" a boat and killed a woman sun bathing on the deck!:-2

Now I've head everything!

Totally unrelated Cars but I'm intrigued,

What is this that's on your post?

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:47 pm

Wow

While in Florida I watched a guy catch a stingray out of the same water/beach I was in all day.

Amazing

Patsy

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:52 pm

Just saw that on the news. Wild.

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:03 pm

abbey;810574 wrote: Totally unrelated Cars but I'm intrigued,

What is this that's on your post?
Never saw it till you pointed it out abbs! Maybe it's some kind of snooping thing to keep an EYE on us! :wah:

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:17 pm

cars;812172 wrote: Never saw it till you pointed it out abbs! Maybe it's some kind of snooping thing to keep an EYE on us! :wah:

I noticed that too Cars, Abbey and Mags,

Think we should be a little quieter now so the snooper won't hear us...shhhh

Anway Cars, when I was in Siesta Key on a shelling tour boat the captain spotted something and high tailed it over there. We were in the midst of absolutely humungus sting rays. I couldn't believe my eyes......they were mating and took up miles of sea space...amazing....and yet so dangerous...

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:26 pm

cars;812172 wrote: Never saw it till you pointed it out abbs! Maybe it's some kind of snooping thing to keep an EYE on us! :wah:
Looks like a runaway sperm to me.:wah:

cars · Post by **cars** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:14 pm

Kathy Ellen;812177 wrote: I noticed that too Cars, Abbey and Mags,

Think we should be a little quieter now so the snooper won't hear us...shhhh

Anway Cars, when I was in Siesta Key on a shelling tour boat the captain spotted something and high tailed it over there. We were in the midst of absolutely humungus sting rays. I couldn't believe my eyes......they were mating and took up miles of sea space...amazing....and yet so dangerous...
You know KE, I bet if we really knew of all the many "hungry" creatures living beneath the oceans that surround us, most of us would never venture into the ocean ever again! Unless it was not on a Cruise Ship, or some other big vessile & then pray it didn't sink! :wah:

:rolleyes:

(As they say: What we don't know, can't scare us!)

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:55 pm

cars;813152 wrote: You know KE, I bet if we really knew of all the many "hungry" creatures living beneath the oceans that surround us, most of us would never venture into the ocean ever again! Unless it was not on a Cruise Ship, or some other big vessile & then pray it didn't sink! :wah:

:rolleyes:

(As they say: What we don't know, can't scare us!)

That's so true Cars:wah: Also, 2 years ago in Siesta Key a woman was bitten by a shark on the next beach. The woman was in waist high water. I adore the sea, but it scares me quite often.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:36 pm

Kathy Ellen, and you live right on the ocean so I'm sure you must see all sorts of wild things.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:46 pm

No Q,

It's really calm at the beach here.... nothing really exciting. Quite often we see dolphins who come pretty close to the shore, once in a blue moon a whale, and sometimes sting rays i and jellyfish in August who are at the water's edge. There are sharks somtimes out passed the surfers. Quite often the blues are running and they act like sharks on a feeding frenze.

Think that our life guards are very, very strict. The swimmers are made to leave the water at any sign of danger. If you don't come out of the water, the guards will swim out and drag you in.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:54 pm

Yes, I've seen them freaking out when somebody goes out too far or when they put up the red flags for riptides and stupid people think just because they can swim....................., then again walking on the beach and seeing what's in the fisherman's bucket can give you the chills:wah: Was there last August when that whole week of rain hit, but the ocean gave up some nice shells.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:01 pm

Oh, I am a shell seeker:-6

A few years ago, it was so cold that no one was walking on the beach. I found tons of beautiful shells and starfish. The fish were dead so I gathered them and dried them out. I had enought for my whole class plus. It seemed that there was a surge and everything on the bottom of the sea was pulled up and thrown on the beach. That's only happened 2x since I've lived here.

Oh, and we have lots of horseshoe crabs....lovely creatures....

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:07 pm

Oh, they are a weird creature those horseshoe crabs:) My Q just gets grossed out but also curious. Also, I think if some people knew what was in the back baby, they would think twice about swimming in it:wah: