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A manta ray uses its size as well as its speed to get away from predators as mantas do not have a poisonous barb on their tails like some other rays do. If a manta does survive a shark attack, it will visit feeding stations where smaller fish eat away dead skin and parasites that could be problematic for the ray later on.

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