Friday, March 21, 2008

Rays: The new shark?

Ray leaps from water, kills woman on boat

If you're like me, you read that headline and asked yourself "Who is Ray, and why did he kill a woman?" If you read the article, you find out that Ray is not a person; rather, the headline refers to a spotted eagle ray that leaped out of the water and struck a woman who, startled, then fell backward, hit her head, and died.

How such a bizarre accident gets reported as the ray actually killing the woman (at least the way the headline is written) is beyond me. [Note: If you click through to the article, you'll see the headline is worded differently, but the headline repeated above is how the headline link is written on CNN's home page.] Not that I'm surprised that the media shows irresponsible and sensationalist writing skills when it comes to reporting on deaths related to marine animals.

So my question: after Steve Irwin's death and now this accident, are rays going to become the new shark?
 

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