On March 30th, 2011 CNN released an article on leaping sea creatures. It was reported that on Friday a 300-pound eagle ray leaped onto a boat in the Florida Keys and on Sunday a 375-pound mako shark jumped onto a boat off Texas. Some people are worried we need taller boats and we aren't safe. People aren't sure why the creatures leaped up but Timothy Mullican has several reasons as to why. He believes the boat could have spooked the fish, they could have been just accelerating through a cloud of chum and leaped out of the water and happened to land in the boat, it could have been a one-in-a-million chance the two connected, and maybe they were just "flipping the fin" to the fisherman.
I find this a funny story. I don't think we need taller boats. I believe this just happened out of nowhere and it wont be a common occurance. It was a good day for the tourists on the boat in Texas. They got a special treat. Not everyone gets to see a shark leap out of the water and land on their boat. It's a rare event and not such a good outcome for the creatures that don't make it, but I don't think we need to think anything of it or worry about it. It's just leaping sea creatures.
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