Stingrays like bewbies too!
I got to swim with the stingrays again yesterday (more on that when I actually post my pictures). We've named most of our rays over the course of the summer. One of the rays is much darker than the others and has a stubby tail. The rest of his tail was probably bitten off by a marine predator before he was caught in Florida. Since the mental image of a shark biting the ray's tail and the ray turning to him and bitch slapping the shark saying "Fo'! Don't be touchin' my tail!" makes me giggle, I named the ray "Shaft".
With me so far? Good. So I'm swimming along yesterday, face mask on, head under the water and I have some fish to feed the rays. Most of the rays swim up, suck up the fish and swim off. Not Shaft. He decided he liked me. So he hangs around and takes several fish from my hand. Then he sucks on my arm (usually a begging behaviour for more fish), so I pull out another fish for him. He ignores it and sucks further up my arm. Weird, but whatev. I'm momentarily distracted by Casper who comes up to eat the fish I have in my hand. I didn't notice Shaft, in Jaws-esque fashion, creeping further up my arm. Suddenly I feel a tug on my bathing suit top. I look down and sure enough, Shaft is trying to suck my top off. I had to push him away before he stopped. So his name is even more appropriate now. And my boobs are apparently so alluring, that even fish can't resist. Yay, I think?
With me so far? Good. So I'm swimming along yesterday, face mask on, head under the water and I have some fish to feed the rays. Most of the rays swim up, suck up the fish and swim off. Not Shaft. He decided he liked me. So he hangs around and takes several fish from my hand. Then he sucks on my arm (usually a begging behaviour for more fish), so I pull out another fish for him. He ignores it and sucks further up my arm. Weird, but whatev. I'm momentarily distracted by Casper who comes up to eat the fish I have in my hand. I didn't notice Shaft, in Jaws-esque fashion, creeping further up my arm. Suddenly I feel a tug on my bathing suit top. I look down and sure enough, Shaft is trying to suck my top off. I had to push him away before he stopped. So his name is even more appropriate now. And my boobs are apparently so alluring, that even fish can't resist. Yay, I think?