These pictures are of a creature called the spotted eagle ray. As we are heading into the biological component of this course, this is one example of the most bizarre looking (and beautiful all at the same time) sea creatures that I know of. This ray has an equatorial and low latitude habitat range, swims many miles within schools in the open ocean, and also swims in bays over coral reefs or into estuaries. The eagle ray has a diet that includes clams, oysters, shrimp, octopus, squid, sea urchins, and bony fishes. To learn more about this interesting creature, click here.
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