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Is a manta ray a type of shark?

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The are carnivores. Mantas generally eat plankton, fish larvae and small organisms that are filtered out from the water by their gill rakers, a type of filter feeding that is called ram-jet feeding.

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The manta ray is a cousin of the shark. Both share skeletal system based on cartilaginous elements, a similar skin and they breathe using gills that finish in a few ruts in the skin of the animal.

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Large sharks eat the manta-ray.. Not the whale shark though they are the largest species of sharks.. The great white..

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