Chasing down the Eagle Ray

[Regards200800]

Rays are fucking amazing.... my favorite animals :)

[Corvette35000]

at 0:07 you hear him biting out of something lol how would u eat in teh water

[eray232]

finding nemo!

[ParallelSolutions]

I went spearifshing and picked off one of those fish swiming with it, now that takes some skill.

[82648947]

What do you want ParallelSolutions ? A medal for killing a remora?

[ParallelSolutions]

Have you ever looked at a comment that you posted over a year ago and thought why on earth did I post a comment like that. A year ago I got a speargun and I was trigger-happy.

Time has changed my ways, now I have found a new passion for the ocean without killing things and am thinking about studying marine biology next year.

[82648947]

Nice to hear that!

[sstslayer]

wow i never comment but.. wow.

so calm and beautiful =]

mustve been an amazing experience

[bk2thewizzo]

da lady got hit and when she fell back, her head hit da ground.

so she died and da collision of da eagle ray killed da ray also.

crazy shit !!

[gobialoo]

A woman died today or yesterday from an Eagle Ray jumping on the boat and colliding with her.

[VanessaSince1992]

beautiful animal!

[croczrule112]

steve actually got killed by a saltwater ray but it was a freak accident shouldnt usually happen

[iamboard509]

im going to browse at my leisure.

[mattEsea]

i'm glad

[BroadwayBabe1023]

That is such a gorgeus animal! Have you heard that now people are killing sting rays to get revenge((since one of them killed Steve Irwin)) it's so sad! They already found like... 10 sting ray bodies((last time I checked))

[mattEsea]

horrible... people don't understand that animals like that don't kill people on purpose, can't blame em for defending their territory.

[BroadwayBabe1023]

I know!! It's so mean!! I love sting rays!! Even though I got bit by one when I was feeding it... lol. I know they don't have teeth((or do they)) but something scratched my hand when it came up... lol.

[m0nster3]

didnt steve irwin die from one of those?

[mattEsea]

not this kind... but a sting ray.... yeah

[spicedjellybeans]

What a gorgeous creature. Beautiful markings on it.

[wierdwitch]

its pretty but, I definatly would not want to come across one in a dark ally....

[RandyIsIceCream]

great way to end up like old stevie =]

[mattEsea]

yeah for real... fear was definately the last emotion I was feeling when I saw this big guy down there. Steve's unfortunate and unexpected death-by-stingray will definately change the way I react next time I come across one.

[allcatslover]

i'm impresed. this a very beautiful creature although i'm afraid of its appearance.

[mattEsea]

THE DELRAY OCEAN OUTFALL DISCHARGES 13 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF TREATED SEWAGE UP-CURRENT OF GULF STREAM REEF. FED BY EXCESS NUTRIENTS RED ALGAE (CYANOBACTERIA) IS DESTROYING THE CORAL REEF HABITAT ON GULF STREAM REEF.

write me back to learn about how you can become part of the solution!

[mattEsea]

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS COMMENTED! I obviously love the waters of South Florida and since moving down here just about a year ago have been alarmed by some of environmentally unsafe practices that are taking place under the noses of the mostly appathetic or misinformed public.

[kippehkun]

this is cool! heh, big guy's got some fisheh friends

[LadyTarasque]

x3 lol

[shreddy99]

Nice, I saw a bunch of eagles last time i dove cozumel.. very graceful

[tafoyajl]

great video!

[Ontus]

cool, nice ray

[mattEsea]

Thanks man.... awesome footage of the dorado hunt! What program do you use to edit your videos?

[Ontus]

thanks, i use pinnacle studio plus

[mgshadow45]

Am i the only one that thinks those things look freaky? Beautiful but freaky....

[missalyssax3]

wow. i just got back from mexico last week and went snorkleing man i wish i would have seen that!

[TommyDaGreat]

Nice one. I want to dive there ... or anywhere... too :(

[111dragonforce111]

wo dat thing cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Madness614]

Swim stingray!!!! Swim for your life!!!

[darkshines99]

Wow.I want to go scuba diving,never been! The way they move are quite beautiful

[lagoondiver]

Man, I'd love to see one of those on one of my dives.

They're awesome creatures.

[Ginny12girl]

its beautiful!!

[lanlam]

"EAGLE RAY" fits him for the name.

[blancoynegro04]

what a beautiful animal

[vampmark]

great work man that must of been awesome to be a part of great stuff dude

[squirelboy]

u should have sat on it's back

[whiteasian]

wow that ray is absolutely beautiful! ^-^

[jomike]

you swim pretty fast

[Minxies]

Beautiful. Good work ^_^

[sunkissedbabie]

neat..

[ImaMuffin]

Dude that guy's got remoras galore. it's a wonder they don't slow down his swimming.

[taintedtears]

some odd reason the clip reminded me of finding nemo! lol!..you're really lucky to come encounter with these precious creatures...i can't even swim to save my life! heheh! =P

[nyumetsu]

those are some great wingmen

[kawaii092]

great!

[cafedelgol]

what kindda camera u got?

[roostershooter]

thast a nice vid i have nothing to scale but if thats about 4 feet long right? because my grandfather once caught a 247lb bat ray and it looked alot like that

[ransack81]

dude u swim fast as hell to chase this ray, nice video..

[cdngo]

Cool. But didn't see any 'chasing down.'

[colinl16]

great footage, thts really cool!

[sjsawyer]

Thats fucking sexy

[LueShong]

Whoa very kool footage! Lucky luckey!

[alhakiim]

the fishies got good timing

[BmXp3rt]

Awesome! I think that was a big one thou :P

But.. Isnt it the tail of it very dangerous? It can cut of ur legs if it wants, right?

[lustfullGREED]

those romoras are huge!

nice. he stoped for you! lol nice shot.

[DuetsDreams]

Nice!

[zinnia7]

How cool. You were lucky to get so close. I have only seen Eagle Rays from a distance

[asydlow81]

awesome. those suckerfish on there are neat too.  makes me miss diving

[crudbud]

That was an Awesome video, I rated this video a 5....

[wiseone313]

alsome. did you keep it and call it bob? lol gess what? ***** count the stars

[wldwoodnymph]

This ray had some very stricking colors.. Your diving vids are great... (o:

[ninesandak47]

lol that fish is humpin the ray, thats why he is so graceful

[iminapillowcase]

i forget what those fish are called but they eat the algae and stuff that grows on the ray and in return for keeping it clean, it gives them a free ride through the sea. some sharks have fish like that too

[symphochro]

i think that kind of fish is a remora

[ydmish]

yeah i was just gonna say that i noticed that too...

[daboyo]

great video, makes me miss diving :( Havent been in soooo long

[hunny112]

wow yu can get that close to themits amazing :)

[wittleghoul]

What an elegant creature, but then doesn't everything look elegant underwater? (Even things that could sting and electrocute you to death.) ;p

[dynki]

Hahaha i agree! Elegant and soooo magnificent! Amazing vid! =]

[shadowkat1011123]

am i correct the eagle ray is larger than the manta ray

[nyumetsu]

manta rays are the largest rays in the ocean

[kris910]

Great vid!! I love mantas.. They are sooo beautful.. Thanx for a great vis.. In my fav.!

[erserenity]

GREAT vids!!! your camera is amazing too ^^ may i know the brand and model? ;)

[mattEsea]

THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS! I'll try to keep the cool SCUBA videos coming.

[jetsonic]

wow, that was awesome, the way that manta just pulled up and stopped on a dime!!!! Once again , awesome video mattEsea

[IoMoon]

I love how graceful the ray is (Even with three delousing fish crowded all over it).

[analshavingkit]

rays are such strange beautiful animals.. great video.

[phantomframe]

Beautiful--a great vid!

[Chokey2]

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."

[CalienteDVDA]

now i have that song in my head!

[HannahMear]

AMAZING!

[mercykillings]

very cool

[LukaTisus]

That's awesome. xD

[Cousinbeater]

beautiful, and that things huge, i woulda been scared

[tadlee]

pretty boy

[TheWilsonator]

Nah, those are remoras, symbiotes.

They latch onto the Manta's wings and eat parasites, the remoras get their food and the Mantas get a free delousing, it's a fair deal.

[moodywaves]

Right, except that this is not a manta ray; it's an eagle ray. But yes, those are remoras.

[avarock]

loads of fish are following him. hes popular :)

[briennalauryn]

lol, probably because they feel protected by his big "wings"

[stopcheating]

very cool!

[DarkLadyRaveN]

cool:P:P:P

[VanessaOwL]

Great video ^^

a beatiful creature \o\

[alamandrax]

oh man... you lucky bastard... :D

excellent footage.

[postal123]

That's fucking awesome. :O

[americanviking]

coolio