Belly Flops facts
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Jelly Belly collects, bags, and sells their discolored, conjoined, and irregularly-shaped jelly beans of every flavor. They call them Belly Flops.
Manta Rays attract mates by leaping out of the water and performing belly flops
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Irregular Jelly Bellies are packaged and sold as Belly Flops.
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Jelly Belly jelly beans that are misshapen, discolored, or otherwise imperfect are known as "Belly Flops."
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Mobula Rays can jump more than 6 ft and belly flop as a means of courting a mate
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Mobula Rays use belly flop contests to attract mates.
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Male Mobula rays will leap out of the water to belly flop in order to find a mate; females will also perform belly flops to draw attention to themselves.
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I learned there is a Norwegian sport called "Dødsing" (Deathing) where one essentially scored for their skill and ability to belly flop off a high dive.
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Jelly Belly markets its irregularly shaped jelly beans as "Belly Flops"
