This week in fish... and other aminals

...A spotted eagle ray jumped out of the water and collided headfirst with a 57-year-old woman standing in the front of a boat that was zipping along at 25 mph (and incidentally, with an 88-year-old man at the wheel). The woman died instantly of multiple skull and brain injuries. The ray died too, I presume, but none of the news stories talk about that.


I'm not saying it isn't tragic, but isn't that a cool-looking animal? I look at this picture and I want to pet it. It looks so smooth. How horrible is the sun visor sitting on its back? Was it hers?

( More, cuter animals below. )