Komodo Island Diving Review. Excellent scuba diving with the chance to spot Whale Sharks or Manta Rays during the right season. Ningaloo Reef Diving Review. Great Biodiversity and fauna. Excellent chances to spot the giants Manta rays and Whale Sharks. Superb Scenery of tropical islands! Good spot for underwater photography. Similan Islands Diving Review. Raja Ampat Diving Review. Did you know that there are in fact two different species of Manta Rays? Manta Birostris is the larger of the two with a wingspan of up to 8m.
Individuals from this species can be seen in Koh Bon or Raja Ampat. Very little is known about them. For instance, there is no knowledge about the total number of individuals in the world. Manta Alfredi is the smaller one with a wingspan of up to 4m. There are many sedentary populations throughout the world.
One such healthy population can be found off Bali around the West coast of Nusa Penida. Both species of manta rays are being hunted by fishermen since their gill rakers have been introduced into pseudo-tradfitional Chinese medicine. They are not considered food as the meat is quite pungent.
The mantas are pulled boatside, their gills carved out, and the dead manta is cut loose. Mantas are some of the most unique animals of the sea, known to be quite intelligent, and unable to harm humans- not even equipped to do so, and though timid, their disposition is gentle. Humankind owes it to the species to call off the slaughters. Ya it kills me to see the manta rays dying for no reason except for sales!
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Paid Content How Hong Kong protects its sea sanctuaries. This development may afford the giant manta more protection, but their value as meat and for traditional medicinal purposes continue to pose a risk to this species.
Therefore, it is important for scientists to continue to monitor giant manta population trends to ensure that they do not continue to decline and to determine if other localized species might exist.
Giant manta rays are the largest rays in the world with wingspans up to 29 feet 8. Manta rays are the only vertebrate animals with three paired appendages: two wing-like pectoral fins; two sets of gills; and two lobes that extend from the mouth and funnel in water. Giant manta rays sometimes do somersaults barrel rolls while feeding to maximize their prey intake.
Giant manta rays can dive more than 3, feet 1, m underwater, but typically feed only 33 feet 10 m deep. Giant manta rays give birth to one pup every 2 to 3 years. Giant manta rays can live up to 40 years. Giant manta rays have the biggest brains of any fish studied so far.
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