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Facts about manta rays
Here's five facts about manta rays you should know before you dive in.
1. What's in a name
The word 'manta' is actually Spanish for 'blanket' or 'cloak', and it's pretty easy to see the connection.
2. They love open water
While stingrays prefer digging through the sandy sea bottom, manta rays love to cruise the open oceans in tropical and sub-tropical areas, and only get close to the sea bed to get cleaned. In fact, mantas have to swim constantly to stay alive; the forward propulsion flushes water over their gills.
3. They're smart cookies
Manta rays have the largest brain to body weight ratio of any living fish; giving it enough smarts to make the average dolphin jealous.
4. Their spots are like fingerprints
Just like leopard sharks, manta rays can be individually identified by the spots on the underside of their bodies.
5. Better the devil you know
The manta ray and the devil ray are often confused, but they're actually two different species. The main point of difference is devil rays have pointier wings and horn-like cephalic fins; whereas the manta’s have round labrador ear-looking plankton scoopers.
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