Seems like a couple of years ago there was a woman that had a leaping eagle ray land on her. While not a totally pleasant experience, it's probably better to have an eagle ray drop into your lap than a polar bear. As I understand it, the difference between an eagle ray and a polar bear is that you can negotiate with an eagle ray. Brad Quoting Paul Hayward <pdh_at_mmcl.co.nz>: > John Clinton said on 22 July 2009 10:56 > >> dolphin.... so I suspect if they ever hit you they meant to. > > We paddle frequently with dolphins (and we do feel very privileged) and they > are common enough along our coast that commercial outfits take tourists out > with no-see = no-pay guarantees ;-) > > Most boating people are pretty good about marine mammal etiquette and > keeping a minimum distance with a maximum number of boats to avoid stress, > but there will always be a few cowboys. > > Last year, a woman on a smallish outboard boat (not a commercial one) was > seriously hurt when a large male dolphin leapt onboard and crushed her. (She > has recovered - as did the dolphin.) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 22 2009 - 21:05:31 PDT
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