As It Happens | A massive eagle ray leapt into an Alabama family's boat and gave birth 

An Alabama woman was fishing with her family in the Gulf of Mexico when a 181-kilogram eagle ray leapt out of the water, hit her in the shoulder and landed in her boat. 

April Jones was participating in the state's biggest fishing tournament with her husband, son and father-in-law when the rare sea creature jumped into the air. The family watched as the ray slipped behind Jones and crashed into their fishing rods, landing at the back of the boat.

"She just kind of slapped around back there and we tried to get her out, but she ended up just weighing way too much for us," Jones told As It Happens guest host David Cochrane. 

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