Now that April Jones has had a couple of days to think about her family’s bizarre encounter with a spotted eagle ray during the 2022 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, there’s plenty of sympathy ...

When an Alabama family set out to wrangle a big fish for the 2022 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the last thing they expected was to see a rare spotted eagle ray come flopping into their boat.

A family were left stunned as a rare, 180kg spotted eagle ray jumped onto their boat before giving birth to four pups. The enormous sea animal, which nearly made the boat sink due to its sheer ...

Stock image: a spotted eagle ray swimming near a sheer reef wall in Grand Cayman. Stock image: a spotted eagle ray swimming near a sheer reef wall in Grand Cayman. Matt Potenski/iStock / Getty ...

As their name implies, the spotted eagle ray is covered in a spotted pattern and other markings across the top side of the body, making it unmistakable from any other species throughout its range ...

Plein and his wife, Stefanie, who own Captiva Eco Tours and Sailing New Wave, were on the water near North Captiva Island when Steve noticed five spotted eagle rays swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Anchorage Park had an unexpected visitor on Monday afternoon when a stunning spotted eagle ray was seen gliding through the waters near the newly reopened boat ramp.

Spotted eagle rays are beautiful stingrays with very distinctive heads and ornate markings. For any scuba diver or snorkeler, they are a treat to see in the ocean. Usually shy and reclusive ...

Next, they take photographs of the animal. - [Kim] Spotted eagle rays have unique spot patterns and that allows us to do photo ID and create a catalog and keep track of them over time.

Fox 17 News at 10:00 p.m. (clip)The family was preparing to move to a new fishing spot when the spotted eagle ray jumped into their boat. “I felt something hit me,” Jones told Fox News.