r/stingrays • u/IM_AQIF_xD Spotted Eagle Ray • 8d ago

Fever of Stingrays surf a wave

4.3k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

32 comments sorted by

38

u/Jaded-Shake-3333 8d ago

 I love how they turn right before the wavelet breaks. Incredibly elegant.

38

u/No_Cash8984 7d ago

Today I learned that a group of stingrays is called a fever

14

u/Icy-Variation6614 6d ago

I knew a flock of crows was called a "murder", but did not know a flock of ravens is called an "unkindness" until recently lol

4

u/AspenStarr 2d ago

Who comes up with these…

8

u/Knockout_Maus 6d ago

I don't even know how I ended up on this subreddit, but I am so delighted to have learned this today.

8

u/farisewheel 4d ago

a group of ferrets is called a business!

6

u/sawrek 7d ago

+1 - fun collective noun too :)

3

u/neurospicyzebra 7d ago

[r/TIL](r/TIL) also!!

2

u/Fiendish-Crow 4d ago

i can’t even access that one, what the heck😂 we got secret subreddits now

2

u/neurospicyzebra 4d ago

oh dang it is private now!

6

u/michael444466 3d ago

A group of frogs is call a army!

1

u/neurospicyzebra 1d ago

oh dang, is it because they’re kinda camo looking? 🤣

16

u/MOSSYxFIELDS 8d ago

It looks like they’re having so much fun!! 🫶

10

u/LasciviouslyLilith 7d ago

so much cute!!!! They should have a stingray emote.

https://giphy.com/gifs/tGAMlYun7ScLe

1

u/Radio_Mime 2d ago

Look at him, wagging his claspers at us like that. Naughty boy, adorably, naughty.

10

u/myphoneisinthe 8d ago

I've seen similar, but it was skates and there were many more of them. On the beach on the east coast of the US. Amazing sight.

7

u/doctorvworp19 6d ago

Surf n turf spicy ravioli

3

u/That_Development9699 5d ago

pretty cool. Will likely never see that again in my lifetime. Thanks for sharing

3

u/Wolfguard-Halfdan 4d ago

You will if you hit the replay button

2

u/MoodooScavenger 7d ago

So cute, but scary at the same time.

2

u/carnivalbeachqueen 6d ago

Beautiful creatures

2

u/Varastax_ 6d ago

Called what you'd like, but those look like bat rays 😃

2

u/SkeggiGT 4d ago

Happy little ravioli

2

u/The_Horror_In_Clay 4d ago

Cool video but those aren’t stingrays

1

u/Radio_Mime 2d ago

I believe they are a type of stingray called bat rays.

1

u/SpiritualAmoeba049 5d ago

Why do they do this? Are they just being playful or is it hunting behavior of some kind?

1

u/theyremylemurs 5d ago

I love this so much. Thank you for sharing.

1

u/wide_open_manhole 4d ago

This looks suspiciously like a beach in San Diego

2

u/Carriezyg 4d ago

I was thinking Monterey but I’m probably wrong!

1

u/Radio_Mime 2d ago

I was about to comment that they look like bats flying in the water. It turns out there are a type of stingray called bat rays. Appropriately named, IMO.