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The article I read said that this time of year the tiger sharks are aggressive, so the rays get more suspicious and defensive.

OK, major loss to us, but look on the brighter side.

He died with his boots on (well, fins), and the sun in his eyes. He died young, doing something he loved. He died quickly, with no lingering agony or indignity. He died like a man.

Statistically, most of us will die old and useless, in a hospital, with a tube up our nose and a foley catheter strapped to our withered old tallywhacker.

Compared to that, he was lucky.