Afarenis has mentioned the birth of a manta ray (Manta birostris) at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan - notable because this is the first captive birth for the species. Below the fold is video of the birth.
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The Japanese public watched in fascination last month as the first manta ray birth in captivity was broadcast nationwide from the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Adult manta rays are large with ,Aeuwingspans,Aeu up to 25,Aeo across. However, baby manta rays are hardly guppies, emerging from their mother…
This week, Japan announced the first-ever manta ray to be born in captivity (watch some of the pregnancy here). The baby female manta was gestated for over a year. Manta rays are often caught incidentally by longline and purse seine fisheries. Their global populations, like most elasmobranches (…
I think the best thing to do with this video by Jon Rawlinson is let it load in HD, put it on full screen, and set back and mellow out for a few minutes.
You know, the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan could have a real money-maker video here: just aim a camera at that tank for hours, fill up a…
When Andrea Marshall began studying the manta rays of Mozambique for her dissertation five years ago, she never expected to discover a new species, let alone a globally cosmopolitan, highly migratory ocean wanderer. She was "awestruck by their beauty," studied the rays, and then gradually noticed…
Cool! I looked for it when I first published the post but it wasn't available yet.
I had the good fortune of seeing some of these while diving the Great Barrier Reef the other week. Had one a couple of meters from me for perhaps 5 minutes while it was getting cleaned. Beutiful creatures.