Manta rays, also known as batfish, have similarities with bats and have a pair of wings, but bat wings are used to fly, and its wings are used for swimming.
Manta rays are cartilaginous fish that live in the warm temperate zone and the bottom of tropical coastal continents and island seas, it weighs up to 3 tons and can reach 8 meters in length, this very ugly large-sized fish, but it has a very gentle heart.
Manta rays are a collective term for several marine species belonging to the manta ray family, they all have one thing in common, they all have a pair of bat-like wings, manta rays inhabit mainly tropical and subtropical shallow sea areas, less stay or inhabit the seabed, from the surface water layer closer to the coast to 120 meters deep water can be seen. Certain manta rays can be found in Fujian, Zhejiang and the Yellow Sea region of China. Because they have a habit of migrating, they are not seen in a place all year round. Every year from June to July in fujian, Zhejiang coastal, august to September tour to the Yellow Sea. From October to November, it returns to the coast of Zhejiang, and from December to February to March of the following year, it migrates south along the original route.
Manta rays often forage near coral reefs. It flaps its "wings" slowly, and when eating, it uses its front fins and cartilaginous horns to propel plankton and other tiny creatures into its wide mouth, while leaving these tiny creatures behind through a gill-like gill-like filtration system that filters out the seawater.
Because of its very special appearance, as a fish, it has bat-like wings, this incongruous collocation makes it look very ugly, and people give it the nickname "manta ray", but under the ugly appearance, it has a very gentle heart.
As a marine fish species, it is located in the sea of natural enemies, but in fact it is still a very docile animal, it does not like to contradict other fish, in the fright or other fish attack, they will send out a frog-like jumping way to escape, it usually likes to hide itself under the sand, and its main food is the floating plankton in the sea, of course, if the plankton is not satisfied, they will also eat some small fish and shrimp.
Although the manta ray looks unusually terrifying on the outside, it is a often bullied presence in the fish, its flat body, very suitable for hiding in the mud and sand on the bottom of the sea, but it cannot afford it but hides, which is an expression of its gentle heart.
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