Beautiful spotted eagle stingrays curiously circle scuba divers

Spotted eagle rays are beautiful and majestic beyond words. These rays were curious about scuba divers in Belize as the divers explore the shallows on a dive site below their liveaboard boat, the Aggressor IV. The eagle rays are patrolling the shallows, skimming over the sand patches looking for conch shells.

Spotted eagle rays feed on mollusks and other small animals that burrow into the sand. Their electro sensors in their wings and snout are so powerful that they can detect the electric impulses of animals that cannot be seen.

The spotted eagle ray's favourite food is conch. The large shells are easily seen above the sand as the conch makes its way along the bottom of the ocean. It retreats into its shell as a defense against almost any predator. But the powerful jaws of the eagle rays can crush even the largest of conch shells easily. The ray devours the meat inside and leaves shell fragments on the bottom.

These spotted eagle rays have encountered a group of scuba divers who are also exploring the shallows at a dive site near Turneffe Caye in Belize. The spotted eagle rays became curious about the divers and their bubbles. To the great delight of the divers, the eagle rays circled them curiously for more than ten minutes.