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Spotted stingray found near Phi Phi

The spotting of a big stingray at Malong Bay, near Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Ley, is rare in the area

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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Scuba divers have spotted a stingray hunting for food in the deep sea off Koh Phi Phi while specialists warn that the rare animal is deadly dangerous and better left alone.

 

The spotting of a big stingray at Malong Bay, near Maya Bay on Koh Phi Phi Ley, is rare in the area and they haven’t been spotted there for many years. The diver says that it is as rare to see a stingray as it is to see whale shark.

 

Meanwhile, Chief of Fisheries Resources Condition Analysis and Survey Unit, Phuket Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Center, Tasapon Krajangdara, says the stingray bears the scientific name Aetobatus ocellatus and is rare in Thai seas as people hunted for it in the past.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/spotted-stingray-found-near-phi-phi

 
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if the stingray was smart it would high tail it out of there. Maybe ltalian Thai may want to add a sea creature to his leopard haul. The fat Thai may take up scuba gear.

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Imagine what the coral reefs and islands would have been like 100 years ago... full of these rays, whale sharks, dolphins, whales, turtles, millions of assorted beautiful fish and corals... yet Thai people and the tourists are still hell bent on wrecking the little that is left.  

 

 

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10 hours ago, Hogs said:

deadly dangerous 

LAUGHABLE 

Also correct.   Spotted eagle rays do not pose a significant threat to humans, as they are shy and generally avoid human contact.

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4 minutes ago, FarmerJoe said:

When I first came to Thailand in 96 I had scuba lessons there and the rays were everywhere, including this one. Sad....

Yes, and now someone feeding fish with bread gets into trouble... yet the overfishing can go on no problem.  

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23 hours ago, yogavnture said:

maybe thai visa can correct the headline to state eagle ray

It's not a Thaivisa headline so it can't be changed but does it really matter?  The ones that care know what it is, the rest of us don't give a hoot, it's a ray.  It's also a ray that has venomous spines that sting so doesn't that make it a stingray?

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On 4/19/2018 at 8:08 PM, Hogs said:

That is BECAUSE ITS NOT A STINGRAY 

that is a Spotted Eagle Ray 

Which is a rather common species (Aetobatus narinari). I agree that the stingray in the picture looks like an Eagle Ray, but apparently the Chief is talking of A. ocellatus, which is a related but different species.

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