On 31 May 2001, at 9:52, Reef Fish wrote:


> >
> >I posted about a month ago that I had it and was ready to send it on.
> >Nobody replied so I watched it a few more times.. :-)
>
> Still the same number of eagle rays in each squadron.  :-)

Yep, they haven't added any new ones yet....


> >
> >Oh, well, at least you get to see them in person. Maybe KC will send
> >it on to you next.......
>
> No, he won't, DEFINITELY, at this time!  He might see one or two
> isolated ones, that's all.  The eagle ray mating season (that's when
> you see them in squadrons of up to 40 all at once) range from December
> to Feb-Mar.

OH well. Maybe he will at least get to see one or two in the flesh....


>
> The latest news (both GOOD AND BAD) is that some dive shops are taking
> divers to the sites where those rays are found.
>
> Good:  Previously, only private boats dive those sites.
>
> Bad:  The clueless divers (from dive shop boats) chase the eagle rays
>       away, rather than wait on the ledge for them to come.

That will be a bad thing for sure. Hope it doesn't happen but when
the hordes arrive, that's generally the rule....