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Biggest giant oceanic manta ray11/23/2023 ![]() Rather it is human activity that has causedthem to be assessed as Endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. All of which means that random encounters with them are serendipitous at best and if one does happen, you can thank the manta gods – but if you want a bit more certainty, you need to go to one of those productive areas at the right time of the year! IUCN Red List Statusīecause they are so large and capable of rapid bursts of speed when threatened, oceanic mantas have few natural predators. ![]() Interestingly, recent research has revealed that the majority of their feeding occurs in deep water as they move from one productive area to another. Oceanic mantas are planktivores and to satisfy that hunger, they migrate from one ‘productive area’ as it peaks to another, such as the annual coral spawning in Ningaloo in Western Australia and that of the little tunny, north of Isla Mujeres in Mexico’s Yucatan. Huge creatures with wingspans of up to eight metres, oceanic mantas are a truly pelagic species that are known to travel incredible distances across the open ocean and penetrate They are in constant motion throughout their entire 40-plus year lifespan – never stopping, never resting and constantly hungry because of the high metabolic rate all that perpetual movement produces. Introduction to the Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
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