#mantamonday

[respectanimalrights]

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Credit © 🎬 ✅ @sideytheshark I don't know why manta rays always get freaked out 🤣🤣🤣 . . ___________________________________________________ On tour with @liquidsaltdivers #LiquidSaltDivers #Dharavandhoo #BaaAtoll #Maldives _______________________________________ #scubadiving #scuba #Snorkeling #MantaMonday #AveylaMaldives #photooftheday #aveylamantavillage #videooftheday #underwaterlife #drone #HanifaruBay #mantarays #mantaray #manta #whaleshark #whalesharks @paditv @paditravel @oceanarmor @clarklittle @fathomlesslife @discoverocean @passionpassport @ocean_magazine @savingmantas @dronepals @discover_earthpix @maestro320 @passportocean @earthpix @instagram @unilad @maldivesinsider @uniladadventure @underwaterstuffs @theocean @oceanholic_life @lonelywhale @savingthewaves @discovery @discoversharks @discoverwildlife (at UNESCO Biosphere Reserve - Baa Atoll) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAtYGWXAPu3/?igshid=ewtvs2gnb4xc

[7seasjewelry]

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How beautiful are these somersault feeding chevron and black morph reef manta rays in Fiji! . Reposted from @mantatrust 🎥 by @lukegordonphotography . . . . . . . . . . . #mantapoint #reefmanta #mantaray #manta #mantamonday #fiji #kadavu #underwater #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/CBwLtZLBba0/?igshid=1oxtkeb7bgh6m

[echoooooooooo123123]

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#Repost @sideytheshark with @get_repost ・・・ Manta rays are surprisingly smart. This is how the manta rays do their bottom feeding, first they stir up the sandy bottom & start feeding. They do have huge brains - the biggest of any fish. . . ___________________________________________________ On tour with @liquidsaltdivers #LiquidSaltDivers #Dharavandhoo #BaaAtoll #Maldives _______________________________________ #scubadiving #scuba #diving #buceo#buceando #MantaMonday #photooftheday #videooftheday #underwaterlife #HanifaruBay #bottomfeeding #mantarays #mantaray #manta @paditv @bbcearth @paditravel @oceanarmor @fathomlesslife @discoverocean @ocean_magazine @savingmantas @voyaged @earthpix @instagram @uniladadventure @scubadiverlife @underwaterstuffs @theocean @9gag @oceanholic_life @lonelywhale @savingthewaves @discovery @natgeoyourshot https://www.instagram.com/p/CBYq5CfBjRA/?igshid=1so5uhifc5jf

[heroexplore]

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Mantarays have huge brains — the biggest of any fish — with especially developed areas for learning, problem solving and communicating. The giant rays are playful, curious and might even recognize themselves in mirrors, a sign of self-awareness. Happy #MantaMonday #Heroexplore 🌎 @Heroexplore #ScubaDivingSchool #ScubaDivingClub #Scotland #Glasgow _______________________________________ #scubadiving #scuba #diving #padi #paditv #buceo #buceando #videooftheday #underwaterlife #drone #mantarays #mantaray #manta (at Heroexplore Scuba Divers & Adventurers) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtesIFZllLJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u1y9a4kf7a9i

[candyspender-vanrood]

#Repost @racingextinction (@get_repost) ・・・ #MantaMonday 💙🦋 Every family has an overachiever. For sharks, it's their highly intelligent cousin – manta rays! They’re giant, charismatic and basically geniuses. Mantas have huge brains — the biggest of any fish — with especially developed areas for learning, problem solving and communicating. The giant rays are playful, curious and might even recognize themselves in mirrors, a sign of self-awareness. A manta’s brain can be ten times larger than a whale shark’s. Not only is the brain physically big, it’s also large relative to the ray’s body. That’s another sign of super smartness, true of elephants, dolphins and people too. Unfortunately for manta rays, smart doesn’t mean safe. Fishermen in countries like Sri Lanka and India hunt the graceful giants for their gill rakers: rows of cartilage that are increasingly popular in Chinese medicine. It’s an analog to shark fin soup, except the gill rakers are used in a pseudo-remedy, supposed to have a whole range of medicinal qualities, which have no basis in medical science. Mantas are actively hunted for their gill rakers and meat, and die as collateral damage, accidentally snared in fishing nets and hooked on lines, or struck by ships while basking at the surface. That’s all unsustainable. The rays reproduce slowly: a female has one pup every few years. When populations decline — by as much as 80 percent in some places — they struggle to bounce back. While manta intelligence doesn’t guarantee their legal safety, it does help. Because they’re smart and curious and fun to spend time with, people are willing to do more to protect them. Photo: @shawnheinrichs @bluespherefoundation 💙🌏 #mantaray #extinctions #unsustainable #fakecures #pseudoremedies #animals

[plotsjotsandespressoshot]

Fill in the blank. . 🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍 . Happy #mantamonday everyone! Starting the week off right by filling in the blank. You're value is more then your... For me it's more than my pace. . More than my word count. . More than my job. . More than my financial or relationship status. . We base our value on so many things but very rarely do we agknowledge the fact that who we are lays in out character. Sometimes value lays in out failure. In our defeats. In the fact that in spite of it all we move forward with open hearts and open minds. . Even that is not who we are sometimes and not where our value resides. We are whi we are and that is of value. . Next time you are beating yourself up about your next project, about your pace, about where you are, remember that getting there isnt going to make you any more valuable then you are now. Take your time. Find you satisfaction in who you are and what you have done today instead of where you imagine you should be tomorrow. . 🍍🍍🍍🍍🍍 . #mantra #monday #positivity #selfcare #selftalk #growth #selfdevelopement #wellness #wellnessblog #wellnessblogging #health #mentalhealth #running #writing #lifestyle #lifestyleblog #healthyliving #ipreview via @preview.app https://www.instagram.com/p/BzFtXe-HAFm/?igshid=7yuiewdjxotv

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Beautiful footage from @shawnheinrichs - 🌀Manta Mating Train 🌀 Most encounters with manta rays reveal the true, gentle and curious nature of these majestic beings. However, when you are treated to a Manta Mating Train, you experience an entirely different side of these winged giants. In a mating train, a group of male mantas compete for the attention of a female manta, with the resulting display nothing short of spectacular! The female manta takes lead and sprints ahead with a train of suiters in pursuit - diving, twirling, spinning and rolling as they battle for poll position. The energy and excitement of this acrobatic performance is simply captivating. And then, in a blink of an eye, the train disappears and the show is over. @indonesianmantaproject @misoolecoresort @misool.foundation @conservationid are working hard to better understand and conserve Indonesia’s vulnerable #manta populations. Please join in supporting their important work.🙏🏻✨🐳 #mantasanctuary #mantalove #mantamonday #oceanhealing #indonesianoceanpride #❤️ #startwith1thing #shawnheinrichs #oceanconservation #bluespherefoundation (at Misool)

[scubafish]

Great memories of great dives at #hindaenghinmuang was a really amazing season for #mantarays 🇹🇭 #mantamonday 💦 (at Amphoe Ko Lanta, Krabi, Thailand)

[sharkgeeks-blog]

#Repost @racingextinction with @repostapp ・・・ Although this image makes us sad, we wanted to share @shawnheinrichs' powerful message: Time is running out for manta rays. Long lived (50 years or more), slow to mature (8-10 years or more), and very slow to reproduce (1 pup every 2-3 years), manta rays are some of the most biologically vulnerable of any large marine species. A female manta may give birth to 16 pups over her entire lifetime, IF she is not slaughtered. To put that in perspective, the highly vulnerable great white shark can produce that many pups in a single litter. Yet manta rays are being hunted relentlessly across the globe, a slaughter fueled primarily by demand for their gills. At current rates, many manta populations will be lost within the next decade. The question is, will the wold take notices and will we ACT before it is too late? And finally, when I close my eyes at night, will the nightmares of the manta slaughter finally be put to rest? 😔💔 #mantamonday #mantaray #racingextinction #indonesianoceanpride @mantatrust @indonesianmantaproject

[djhenryhall]

K2 Dive Site in Komodo National Park

One of my favorite dive site in the Komodo National Park. Lots of cool critters, rubble coral and giant Manta Rays! #manta #monday #nature #video #mantarays #twitternaturecommunity #mantamonday #wildlife #underwater

K2 is a popular scuba diving site located off the coast of Gili Banta in Indonesia. Manta Rays are often found hiding behind scattered coral heads. https://vimeo.com/479615261 Diving with Manta Rays Manta Rays can be found year round in the Komodo National Park. I’ve been told November through May is the best time to observe large populations of mantas. I filmed the video above in December.

[respectanimalrights]

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Dive beneath the thin blue line and take a virtual #MantaMonday tour courtesy of our friends @paditv! 💧 Posted by @lonelywhale #ocean #underwaterworld #lovetheocean https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sgL27BT7e/?igshid=npq4od0h39bd

[7seasjewelry]

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Manta Rays are not dangerous. They are even harmless and can't hurt any diver or swimmer. They are usually very curious and swim around the divers. . Reposted from @br.ranger . . . . . . . . . . . #mantafriday #mantamonday #hanifarubay #nottoday #visithanifarubay2020 #gentlegiant #mantarays #reef #nature #wildmaldives #wildlife #maldives #maldivesislands #unesco #visitbaa #baaatoll #biospherereservemaldives #turquoise #saltyvibes https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Vu4eyBHJl/?igshid=1xrjgpqj97v7n

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What an amazing sight!! 😍 #Repost @sideytheshark (@get_repost) ・・・ Did you know “Manta” is Spanish for “cloak” which refers to their large blanket-shaped bodies. _______________________________________ @tamarindo_diving http://tamarindodiving.net _____________________ #tamarindodiving #scubadiving #scuba #diving #padi #paditv #itsbetterinbaa #AveylaMaldives #mantamonday #aveylamantavillage #videooftheday #underwaterlife #Costaricadiving #mantarays #mantaray #manta #Scubalife #scubalove #Tamarindoadventures #blueplanet @paditv @oceanshot @oceanskeepers @oceanarmor @clarklittle @fathomlesslife @discoverocean @passionpassport @ocean_magazine @angels.of.the.sea @savingmantas @discover_earthpix @maestro320 @passportocean @natureismetal_ @earthpix @instagram @unilad @uniladadventure @placesallday @earth @underwaterstuffs @wildlifeplanet @planetearthtv @pangea_wild @beautifuldestinations @theocean @travelgram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8EgXzPhj42/?igshid=2eacxpl7hi4j

[typusdata]

It’s #MantaMonday! Enjoy this picture of Nandi, a reef manta ray who lives at the Georgia Aquarium. You can tell Nandi apart from the other mantas because she has lots of small freckles on her belly, whereas the other mantas have big, dark splotches! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #mantaray #georgiaaquarium #ray #stingray #manta #aquarium #atlanta #elasmobranch (at Georgia Aquarium)

[oceanforsharks]

Sorry I'm a little late today! But happy #mobulaMonday aka #MantaMonday Did you know that the Manta Rays recently changes scientific classification from Manta Rays to Mobula Rays based on DNA testing?! Click the link in my bio to read more about the amazing Mobulas and the study! #dnatest #mantaray #mobularay #flatshark #saveourseas #saveouroceans #savesharks

[angelsofthesea2015]

#Repost @sideytheshark ・ @angels.of.the.sea 👈🏻🌍❤️ We are almost there 😍 Repost from @aveylamaldives #MantaSeason is slowly starting. We snorkel with one #Manta for more than an hour this afternoon. (Video from #HanifaruBay last season) #BaaAtoll #TheMantaSeasonIsComing _______________________________________ #MantaMadness #MantaRay #LSDivers #Dharavandhoo #Maldives _______________________________________ #scubadiving #scuba #diving #padi #paditv #buceo #realdiving #buceando #itsbetterinbaa #AveylaMaldives #mantamonday #Mantarays #aveylamantavillage#feedingfrenzy #bestoftheday #videooftheday #uwvideo #underwatervideography #manta#hanifaru @angels.of.the.sea @bg_underwater @fathomlesslife @divermag