Mantas are found in temperate, subtropical and tropical waters. Both species are pelagic; M. birostris migrates across open oceans, singly or in groups, while M. alfredi tends to be resident and coastal. They are filter feeders and eat large quantities of zooplankton, which they swallow with their open mouths as they swim. Gestation lasts over a year, producing live pups. Mantas may visit cleaning stations for the removal of parasites. Like whales, they breach, for unknown reasons." (read more)
Back on dry land, today the Red Sox defeated the human Rays 3 to 2.
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"Like whales, they breach for unknown reasons."
Exuberance.
Nice changeup, Lem :)
Thanks Deb.
Colonel Ray used to take me fishing. He patiently taught me many fishing related things. Like where big mouth bass like to hang out, and how to bother them into taking your bait just to get rid of the annoyance.
He used to watch golf on teevee which I found ridiculously dull. On the other hand, as kids we could make a lot of dinero caddying and wading and swimming into the ponds retrieving golf balls by the score and selling them back to the golfers. It was a thing.
When The Blonde and I were staying in Puerto Vallarta, we took a snorkeling excursion on a catamaran.
As we made our way to a marine sanctuary, we could see a ray with a wingspread as big as the length of the boat swim underneath it.
They can be very big.
I was snorkeling and had a manta swim right under me. Very amazing.
Oh, manta ray!
Never mind...
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