because manta ray feeds on some of the smallest creatures in the oceans
Manta rays are filter feeders that prey on microscopic organisms such as copepods, mysids (small shrimp-like creatures), and the larvae of fish, lobster, and octopus. An adult manta ray may feed on 60 pounds of microscopic plankton, fish larvae, copepods, and zooplankton in a single day.
Manta Rays lack a stinger in their tale, therefore they do not sting. but from stories I've heard they can bite.
I've heard the term for a group of manta rays to be "A fever of manta rays"
The Manta Rays of Time was created in 2000.
MANTA RAYS ARE CARNIVORS.
no middle schoolers are cool and so are the manta rays
manta rays abiotic are rocks, dirt , the water
Manta Rays eat plankton and small organisms like fish larvae that they filter from the water by passing it through their mouths and out of their gills as they swim. The small organisms are caught on branchial gill plates.
Manta rays are large, cartilaginous, salt water fish in the Elasmobranchii subclass which includes sharks and skates The manta ray is the largest of the rays. They can typically be found in and around coral reefs feeding on plankton and fish larvae. To learn more about manta rays, see the Related Links.
Yes, there is a species of smaller manta rays although i cant remember what they are called of the top of my head. Pygme or dwarf manta rays come into mind. I had a dive last year with some pygme manta rays last year in australia.
Manta rays may have evolved from bottom-feeders, and then adapted to become filter feeders in the open ocean. This allowed them to grow larger than other ray species. Due to being plankton feeders, some of the ancestral characteristics have degenerated.