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Ever since I first went Scuba Diving I have always wanted to see a manta ray up close. I have heard so many stories about them, and how awesome it was to dive with them. People have told me, "manta rays are very gentle creatures, and their size is overwhelming. They will come up to you as if you had called them like a dog, and soar gracefully over your head as you stare at them in disbelief." Right after I heard this I knew that I had to dive with, and learn everything about them. In order for me to dive with them I'm going to need to know when the best time is to see one, and where I can see one. It also couldn't hurt to know some general knowledge about them because I wouldn't want to disturb or mess up anything that is taking …show more content…

First, I went to yahoo.com and typed in manta rays. Then, I clicked on manta rays, and it brought me to the site tripod.com. It was a good source of information, so I printed it out. Next, I went back to yahoo.com, and clicked on manta rays-gentle giants. This brought me to a site, which I also printed out. After that I decided to switch search engines, so I went to google.com to see if different information would come up. I again typed in manta rays and it gave me a bunch of sites to choose from. I clicked on manta rays-Cayman Islands, and printed that out as …show more content…

Unlike most fish, the female manta ray's egg is fertilized inside of her body, so their young are born like a mammal's young (McEachran). "Female ray's give birth to one or two rays per litter, each weighing up to 25 pounds at birth!" (Reef Briefs). These rays, often called pups, learn to avoid predators by staying on the bottom, and by throwing sand on their body using their pectoral fins. The only predators that they really face are the killer whale and the shark (Reef Briefs). Because of this, the species is allowed to flourish, and are able to live in many places.
Manta rays are known to be pelagic, which means that they like to live in the open ocean. Occasionally, they like to come close to the land to feed, or just to swim around. These rays, for some reason, like to spend a lot of time on the surface, or jumping completely out of the water. Some scientists' think that the reason for this is to get rid of parasites that cling to their body, or that they do it just for fun (cayman.org). People have reported that they have seen the manta rays jump 15 feet out of the water (Reef

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