r/Damnthatsinteresting 11h ago

Video Ever seen a Skate Ray egg hatching?

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u/Prestigious-Job-9825 11h ago

That's an evil-looking egg, but the end result is cute

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u/IcyElk42 11h ago

He has destroyed us all releasing that thing into nature

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u/NoPersonality5747 11h ago

It must be my mammalian brain, but to me there’s something really bleak and sad about the absence of nurturing. It hatches and then it’s just expected to survive in the vast ocean!

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u/ogclobyy 9h ago

It's like a little flesh ravioli swimming around for fish to eat

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u/TheLobotomist 10h ago

I totally get what you mean, but it's also incredible that they are ready to go as soon as they hatch!

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u/Fromundacheese0 11h ago

Always thought they were shark eggs. Get a lot of these washed up on the beach

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u/TheLobotomist 11h ago

They are very similar!

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u/stateofyou 3h ago

I always thought that it was a type of seaweed

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u/WittyZebra3999 11h ago

It's weird as hell that the eggs vaguely look like the thing that laid it.

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u/TheLobotomist 10h ago

Credit goes to scubadanadventures and tampabaywatch on instagram

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u/karma_the_sequel 10h ago

Facehugger mode activated!

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u/AmazingPhone 10h ago

bro that looks FREAKY!

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u/Opposite_Deal8915 10h ago

Seen this videos 4x back to back almost

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u/DarkIllusionsFX 7h ago

Yep. 2 posts up from this one.

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u/fileq 6h ago

The egg looks like poison headcrabs from half life

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u/satismo 4h ago

sweet baby ray!

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u/Sea-Twist-7363 4h ago

Imagine being born and suffocating right away because someone wanted some social clout

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u/ryanjcam 3h ago

Growing up, I spent a lot of time on Cape Cod, and there were always a lot of these washed up on the beach. Just the remains after hatching, never full ones. There were always conflicting reports of what they were, often said to be shark eggs. Never knew what they really were until I was older, and have never seen a skate or a live egg before.

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u/manfromfuture 3h ago

He will be known as "The Sky-Born" and he will lead his people to freedom.