Manta Rays are the most graceful animals in the ocean, in my opinion.
What a magical experience!
I’ve wrangled up a video of some manta rays on the Great Barrier Reef that some divers captured!
To explain the sheer of the first ray in the video, the diver was 60-70 feet above it…What a huge creature!
Also, this video is in real time…This is how elegantly they “fly” through the water! It’s simply effortless to them!
Yes, I’ve actually had the unbelievable opportunity to swim with a school of them on Ningaloo Reef off the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia.
Although rays are similar to sharks, they feed on plankton by swimming with their mouths open widely!
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Myliobatidae
Genus: Manta
Species: M. birostris
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I hope you enjoyed this Australian Animal post on Exotic Animal Lover on Great Barrier Reef Month! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards 
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