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Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts) Mon May 26, 2014, 04:05 AM May 2014

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They Looked Like Birds, But What They Saw Up Close Surprised Them

05/24/2014
They Looked Like Birds, But What They Saw Up Close Surprised Them

From a helicopter, they look like birds flying over the water, but upon closer inspection, The National Geographic crew realized they were filming the largest school of mobular rays ever caught on camera. They were spotted off the coast of Baja California in the Sea of Cortez, and will appear on their show Untamed Americas. Continue reading for the unbelievable video.

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http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/they-looked-like-birds-but-what-they-saw-up-close-surprised-them

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They Looked Like Birds, But What They Saw Up Close Surprised Them (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2014 OP

Wow! Oour planet is full of amazing things! JNelson6563 May 2014 #1

Masters of the 'bellyflops'. bearssoapbox May 2014 #2

Beautiful animals. DeSwiss May 2014 #3

... BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #17

Unbearable knowing this has happened at all, anywhere, even once. Unforgiveable. n/t Judi Lynn May 2014 #18

Very cool, thanks Judi Lynn. Scuba May 2014 #4

Amazing doesn't quite cover it... yuiyoshida May 2014 #5

Whoa shenmue May 2014 #6

I never saw anything like that. Wow! n/y cntrygrl May 2014 #7

Holy cow! That aerial view is pnwest May 2014 #8

K&R Solly Mack May 2014 #9

Incredible! A Little Weird May 2014 #10

Show offs ;) Hestia May 2014 #11

They have to be doing that for fun. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #12

Thanks for post! burrowowl May 2014 #13

Absolutely amazing! theHandpuppet May 2014 #14

kick Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #15

I wonder if the behavior wasn't evolved Jackpine Radical May 2014 #16

It's a good way to get rid of parasites too. alfredo May 2014 #20

May they maintain their elusiveness and forever escape commercial viability Submariner May 2014 #19

Whoa, batfish!!!! How cool are they? Thanks. nt valerief May 2014 #21

A spectacular show! swilton May 2014 #22

"Guys, LOOK! It's National Geographic! Let's do that routine we rehersed..." FailureToCommunicate May 2014 #23

Whoa! That was unbelievable. Thanks so much for posting. catbyte May 2014 #24

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)

1. Wow! Oour planet is full of amazing things!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 05:02 AM

May 2014

Thanks for posting ths!

Julie

bearssoapbox

(1,408 posts)

2. Masters of the 'bellyflops'.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 06:07 AM

May 2014

Made my stomach hurt.

Very cool. Beautiful and so graceful.

Thanks for posting.

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

3. Beautiful animals.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 06:13 AM

May 2014

- However, I hope they're not massing for same reasons that whales and dolphins are, all over the world.

K&R

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

17. ...

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #3)

Mon May 26, 2014, 09:21 PM

May 2014

Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)

18. Unbearable knowing this has happened at all, anywhere, even once. Unforgiveable. n/t

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #3)

Mon May 26, 2014, 09:42 PM

May 2014

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

4. Very cool, thanks Judi Lynn.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 06:21 AM

May 2014

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

5. Amazing doesn't quite cover it...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 06:37 AM

May 2014

but it certainly is fantastic ..

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

6. Whoa

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 08:52 AM

May 2014

cntrygrl

(356 posts)

7. I never saw anything like that. Wow! n/y

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 10:22 AM

May 2014

pnwest

(3,266 posts)

8. Holy cow! That aerial view is

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 11:14 AM

May 2014

mind boggling, the sheer number of them. Wow.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

9. K&R

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 01:27 PM

May 2014

A Little Weird

(1,754 posts)

10. Incredible!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 01:32 PM

May 2014

Thanks for posting!

Hestia

(3,818 posts)

11. Show offs ;)

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 02:50 PM

May 2014

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

12. They have to be doing that for fun.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 05:18 PM

May 2014

What an amazing video.

burrowowl

(17,638 posts)

13. Thanks for post!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 05:50 PM

May 2014

Amazing!

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)

14. Absolutely amazing!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 06:37 PM

May 2014

Thanks for posting this.

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

15. kick

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 07:05 PM

May 2014

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

16. I wonder if the behavior wasn't evolved

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 07:05 PM

May 2014

as a way to escape predators. And they always land with their "wings" on a downstroke to get the maximum slap on the surface of the water--perhaps to startle the predator?

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

20. It's a good way to get rid of parasites too.

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #16)

Mon May 26, 2014, 11:14 PM

May 2014

Submariner

(12,503 posts)

19. May they maintain their elusiveness and forever escape commercial viability

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2014, 11:07 PM

May 2014

Fishermen would be licking their lips to get into a school of fish flesh like that on a regular basis. I hope that never happens.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

21. Whoa, batfish!!!! How cool are they? Thanks. nt

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2014, 01:08 AM

May 2014

swilton

(5,069 posts)

22. A spectacular show!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2014, 12:44 PM

May 2014

Thanks!

FailureToCommunicate

(14,012 posts)

23. "Guys, LOOK! It's National Geographic! Let's do that routine we rehersed..."

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed May 28, 2014, 09:50 PM

May 2014

One more unique, amazing reason to stop screwing up our planet.

catbyte

(34,373 posts)

24. Whoa! That was unbelievable. Thanks so much for posting.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed May 28, 2014, 11:01 PM

May 2014

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