A scuba diver in shallow water was surprised to see what looked like a "ghostly apparition" coming toward her. It turned out to be a rare albino stingray.
Jane Headley, 57, felt 'privileged' and 'awestruck' during the encounter with the captivating creature in Blairgowrie Marina, on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. She was four-meters down when she spotted the Smooth short-tail stingray, known scientifically as a Dasyatis brevicaudata, that can grow up to 4.3m in length and weigh nearly 56 stone (350kg). The snow-white sea creature fearlessly swam around while on the hunt for spider crabs, who migrate to the area to moult the last of their shells.
