Don't Be confused Manta and Stingrays are not the same thing, as I used to think. Manta rays are 5 ft. when there are born and grow about 1 ft. a year. But can grow to 22 ft. Manta Rays are harmless because they have no stingers. Manta Rays have unusual fins in front of their head which look like tusks called cephalic lobes, which are used to eat food. How they eat in the wild is pretty wired. First, they find a crill or plankton storm. Next, they use their cephalic lobes to manipulate water creating a vacuum which is used to suck all the crill or plankton in taking other stuff, like water, in with it's food. Lastly they discard everything but their food through their gills which are on their stomach like all the other Rays. Unlike most Rays, The Manta Rays mouth is a giant hole behind their mouth, other ray mouth are next to their gills. The Manta Ray also wages it's tale like a dog, when eating. Funny right. The Manta has also not been researched a lot so not that much is known about it, That's all I know about the Manta.
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