I took the photos myself, and that's my hand in the video petting the huge short tail ray!
Is this thing on? Good. Hi, my name is Elias and I am going to tell you about what we did on Friday! We went to Dive Tatapouri along the east coast close to Gisborne. At Dive Tatapouri we saw wild stingrays and Kingfish! Our tour guides, Mike and Alex, gave us all waders and the adults bamboo walking sicks (but not the kids.) Next, we all walked about 50 meters (150 feet) out on the shallow reef. the water was about up a little higher than my knees. Soon, there were about 5 stingrays and 10 kingfish swimming around our legs! it was the coolest. We saw two kinds of stingrays: the eagle ray (about 3 feet across) and the short tail ray (about 5-6 feet across). They still have their barbs, but they won't use them unless they feel threatened. Since we had food and they were used to people it was pretty safe, but still a little scary. I tried to feed a short tail that swam up on my feet, but a greedy kingfish named Jerry snuck in and nipped the food away! I took the photos myself, and that's my hand in the video petting the huge short tail ray!
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Kim Ricca
3/10/2017 03:19:21 am
Great narration, Elias. I kept thinking "How brave!" I am so happy for you and the wonderful parts of God's creation that you are getting to explore. Live it up!
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KK
3/10/2017 04:20:24 am
Wowza!!! What an awesome adventure! Beautiful writing too😄 I miss you guys! Can't wait to see you in June. Love you!
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Ms. Haley's Class?
3/13/2017 05:38:52 am
Hi Elias! That was awesome! (Will) We enjoyed your story. (LeeAnn) The stingray is really cool! (Luke) I probably would have been running out of the water screaming! (Gregory)
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