It has been observed that they visit oceanic island groups on a seasonal basis due to the abundance of food during specific times of the year. They are migratory species and you can often find them in coastlines with regular upwelling. The word pelagic means that the manta lives in the ocean’s pelagic zone, neither close to the bottom nor near the shore. She said it's also not known why giant manta rays breach, or jump out of the water, it could be a mating ritual, they could be trying to dislodge parasites, or it could be a way of communicating because it makes a loud sound. Manta rays live only in the ocean and are often found swimming in open water. Oceanic (aka giant or pelagic) mantas grow to over 22 feet (over 7 meters), which gets them the fitting nickname of giant manta ray. But that's what we're going to conduct a study to figure out," Pate said. It could be for mating, it could be for feeding, it could be for both. The Prospex Turtle Save the Ocean Dark Manta Ray Special Edition SRPF77K1 is presented in a standard 45 mm x 13.2 mm stainless steel Turtle case that’s 47.7 mm lug-to-lug. "I'm not sure exactly what's driving this large aggregation. Seiko recently announced a special edition version of the popular Turtle dive watch to Save the Ocean. On Sunday, she spotted 64 adult giant manta rays while conducting an aerial survey of the area between Sebastian and Daytona Beach - which includes Satellite Beach. She's just started studying why adult manta rays aggregate off of central and north Florida in the spring. Pate told CNN that about 50 people have sent her Escandell's photo over the last few days. "Their populations are declining worldwide," said Jessica Pate, a senior scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation. Reef manta rays are 3 to 3.5 m in average width with the maximum size of about 5.5 m. This ray has a widespread distribution in tropical and subtropical parts of the Indo-Pacific. It’s the second-largest ray after the giant oceanic manta ray. The slow-swimming, migratory fish are listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act and as endangered on the IUCN Red List. Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) is a species of ray in the family Mobulidae. ![]() Giant manta rays are the world's largest rays and can grow to a wingspan of up to 29 feet. He didn't know the surfer in the photo, but they've talked since the photo went viral. His daughter and her boyfriend are both marine biologists and said they'd seen some manta rays in the water after he took the photo, Escandell said.Įscandell owns an auto repair shop and lives in nearby Satellite Beach, and said he enjoys taking pictures at the beach fairly regularly. "It could have been a fish, could have been anything."Įscandell had taken a burst of photos that showed the ray breaching out of the water. "I kind of saw a splash behind the surfer, but didn't think much of it," he said. Rusty Escandell told CNN that he took the photograph on Sunday, while spending the day with family and friends at a beach near Officers Club Beach at Patrick Space Force Base, but he didn't realize it until he got home. A lucky photographer captured an amazing shot of a giant manta ray that leaped out of the water as he was taking pictures of surfers from a Florida beach.
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