Sunday, 25. November 2007
Topic: NATURE - on November 25, 2007 at 11:44:00 AM CET
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying mobula ray soaring high off the Mexican shore
Lurking off Mexico's eastern shore in the Sea of Cortez, these flap-jack-like creatures burst out of the water with graceful precision.
Soaring as high as two metres above the plankton-rich green water, mobula rays are a sight to behold.
Here in the Sea of Cortez four species of mobulas (tarapacana, thurstoni, munkiana, and japanica) occupy the waters along with the giant manta ray.
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