Golden Ray Migration

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Every year tens of thousands of golden rays, also known as cow nosed rays, make a biannual migration between Western Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula. They are known to school in groups of 10,000 or more during their exodus. These shots were snapped off the coast of Mexico by Sandra Critelli, an amateur photographer and printed in Britain's Daily Telegraph (more pics can be found by reading the full article).

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amazing stuff. i love the shot also at the telegraph of the "edge" of the school.

That....is epic, awesome, and utterly beautiful. They're like the monarch butterflies of the ocean.

I knew I had seen this on your site somewhere, but tried using the search box this morning and it didn't come up. Oh well, lucky no one reads your site.

Tens of thousands, eh? What majestic abundance! It must be because the Japanese haven't discovered them to be of good eating yet! :-)

By Hilary Minor (not verified) on 09 Jul 2008 #permalink

I know I'm just repeating things here, but even though rays are not normally something to which I would gravitate I just found those photos breathtaking and beautiful. Thanks. I know, now back to your regularly scheduled oddities.

Andrew, I think you should borrow the term "Regularly Scheduled Oddities." (Unless you have already.)

Wow those are amazing photos. The Calgary Zoo, not too far from where I live, had a bunch of cownoses but they almost all died- poisoned as far as I know.

Spectacular!

What time of year does this happen?

By judy withington (not verified) on 27 Jul 2008 #permalink

Love the pictures, on April 25 I saw the same type of migration 12 miles off the coast of Georgia near Tibee Island and Savannah. I didn't have a camera, but when I saw your pictures they were identical to what I witnessed. It was the most amazing thing I've ever witnessed at sea.

By Tom Holbird (not verified) on 05 May 2009 #permalink

Love the pictures, on April 25 I saw the same type of migration 12 miles off the coast of Georgia near Tibee Island and Savannah. I didn't have a camera, but when I saw your pictures they were identical to what I witnessed. It was the most amazing thing I've ever witnessed at sea.

By Tom Holbird (not verified) on 05 May 2009 #permalink

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