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Manta rays are the largest species of ray. The English name "manta" is derived from Spanish and means blanket. Because of its elegant and flowing posture in the sea and the bat flying in the night sky, it has the Chinese name: manta ray. Manta rays are also known as blanket red, which means devil red in English.
Manta rays are flattened, wider than long, reaching 8 meters wide, 5 meters long, and weighing 3000 kg. The body disc is diamond-shaped, and one end is wide and flattened; The snout end is wide and flat; The pectoral fins are long and thick as wings, and there are two prominent head fins differentiated from the pectoral fins in front of the head, located on both sides of the head; The tail is slender and whip-like, with a broad mouth, anterior or inferior; The teeth are thin and numerous.
Apocynum manta ray
Manta rays have a pair of protruding head fins on either side of their heads, which help them drive water while swimming, thus preying on plankton. Manta rays also have a long whip-like tail on their tails, and some manta rays have stingers on their tails, and when threatened, they attack with their tails, which is also extremely lethal.
The only examples of manta rays attacking humans are because the manta ray is captured and the mother is trying to rescue or take revenge. They can only nurse one cub per litter, and unlike other fish, they lay many eggs to produce offspring, so they take extra care of their children
Called "underwater devil".
Manta rays are cartilaginous fish that live on the ground floor and are known locally as the "underwater devils". Its body is slightly diamond-shaped. Although the manta ray has a large mouth 50 cm wide, the manta ray is a very gentle animal. They feed mainly on plankton and small fish, and often cruise around coral reefs for food.
It slowly flapped its large wings leisurely in the sea
It eats flocks of small fish. The gill rakers are more or less keratinized, forming a series of pinnate sieve plates, which play a role in filtering water and retaining food. On its head grow two fleshy feet, which are its head fins, the head fins are protruding forward and can rotate freely, and the manta rays use these two head fins to drive away food and swallow the food in their mouths. Because of its strength, even the most ferocious sharks do not dare to attack it.
Manta rays are cartilaginous fish that live on the bottom
In English, it is mistakenly called "manta rays", mainly because of its scary shape. When swimming, manta rays fan their triangular pectoral fins and drag a hard, slender tail as if they were flying in water. Adult manta rays can reach a length of up to 7 meters and weigh 500 kilograms, but it can make a rotational jump. As the rotation gets faster and faster, the manta ray rises rapidly and jumps out of the sea. Manta rays can generally jump up to 1.5 meters above the water.
A rare manta ray has been found on the mexican seabed in black and white with strange patterns
During the breeding season, manta rays sometimes hit the water with their double fins, jump up and dorsay in the air, "glide" over the water more than one person high, and when they fall into the water, the sound is like a cannon, which spreads for miles, which is very spectacular. As for, why did manta rays jump out of the water? It remains a mystery to this day.
Manta rays jump out of the water
Manta rays are the largest species of ray. Although, it is not aggressive, but when disturbed, it is powerful enough to destroy the boat. Its size and strength often frighten divers, because once it is angry, it can break people's bones and kill people by simply tapping the catalog with its powerful "wings".
Manta rays also have very strange habits. It has a lively temperament and often plays pranks
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Manta rays also have very strange habits. It has a lively temperament and often plays pranks. Sometimes it deliberately dived to the bottom of a small boat sailing in the sea, tapping the bottom of the boat with its body wings, making a "whoosh, snapping" sound, which made the people on the ship panic and uneasiness; Sometimes it runs to the small boat moored in the sea, hangs the meat horn on the anchor chain of the boat, and pulls up the small iron anchor, making people overwhelmed; Or it hangs its head fin on the anchor chain of the boat, dragging the boat around the sea so fast that the fishermen mistakenly think that the "devil" is doing something wrong, which is actually a prank by bat spray.
Brazilian underwater photographers photographed manta rays with skull-like motifs on their backs while diving in Mexico
The superstition of the past made the people on the ship think that they were the devil, so after discovering that it was manta rays, they gave them the nickname "manta rays".
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