#mobulakin

[shark-sslime]

Yayy questioning another kintype /s. I was having doubts about how I feel about my shark theriotype/being a shark for a bit, and started thinking about it more here recently. I kind of put rays off to the side, I just figured that I felt close to them because they are related to sharks but I vibe with them more than I thought. I never really felt settled with any species of shark, they are all too round and tubular for how I feel. I especially didn't vibe with the behavior of sharks? Specifically the hunting part and more 'aggressive' nature ( I know theyre not actually aggressive but idk how else to describe like frenzies and hunting and stuff) , I don't really feel like that's accurate and doesn't really fit me. I feel more connected with the passive, filter feeding tendencies of rays. I also think the flatness of them is more accurate, and even though I really like sharks, I think I feel pulled more towards rays when I look at pictures and research, etc. Anyway, I narrowed it down to the mobula rays/devil rays. Here is a fun little excel sheet I made of them, and what traits feel closer (green) and what traits feel farther (red) from what I feel. (Black text is indifferent/doesnt make me feel more or less connected)

So far I feel drawn towards reef mantas and monk rays but the bentfin ray is the one that matches the most like habitat and location wise reef manta:

monk ray:

bentfin ray:

I wasss feeling like Im one of the smaller rays but idk, I really vibe with how the reef mantas are always on a reef lol the other ones are coastal but not reef specific which is fine but reefs just feel better