Huge Caribbean Manta Ray

Aug 2, 2020 3:43 PM

3ft remora shark

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No. Nope. Uh-uh. Thanks, but that’s a hard pass from me.

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Majestic sea flap flap.

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My all time favorite marine animal.

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Is that a great white following? ?

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Now THAT is a spelljammer I can support!

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Hey my cousin shot this video in Trinidad! https://instagram.com/shiva.selwyn?igshid=k9ecqt5jrgf

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She’s looking for Moana.

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The shark getting almost stuck on his back is a cute touch

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I always see these things in my dreams.

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Cannon ballllll!

6 years ago | Likes 47 Dislikes 0

Pretty sure that 5-6 foot shark is good enough.....just saying....

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Not a sting ray tho.

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Wow! What a beauty!

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What an absolute unit. What a beautiful giant flap-flap

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For scale, the remora on its left is about the length of an average arm.

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Its gross anyway and I feel bad for all the sea life that have to put up with petting pools

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Just for perspective, that's a blue whale swimming nearby.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Remora?

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I love when an animals gets so big that it moves a slow as it wants

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They can move fast, effortlessly. Extremely efficient swimmers.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Every Refinery that I have ever worked in has yellow handrails. Except for these anarchists in Romania that painted them red. Blew my mind.

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I never knew they got so big. Is the photographer on an oil rig?

6 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Look at him, just asking for an elbow drop.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Needs kayak for scale.

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Baby shark: "Mr Ray, MISTER RAYYYY! Imma shark, I'm gonna eat you, ok? Mr Ray? MISTERRRAAAYYYY!?"

6 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 1

Fairly certain that's some sort of remora (cleans larger animals in the ocean, friend with everyone, etc.)

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I have always wanted to dive with one of these majestic animals. They are beautiful.

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Moana's Grandma

6 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Shit ?

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Needs a banana for scale.

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Agreed.

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Oh, the hugemanity!

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Fish already have scales.

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The ones I swam with in Hawaii were over 15 feet. That's like... More than 6 bananas

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Well... you’re not wrong

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That has got to be at least twelve bananas.

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Haha did I getchya?

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Well that's a fuckin shark swimming on its back so... lol

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I’m here

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The average width of the Caribbean Manta Ray would be ~17 bananas, but can grow to a disc size of ~23 bananas

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I got a piece of information incorrect. The largest size is actually 500 cm, which would come out to around 28 bananas

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Dolphin for scale

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That's a remora

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That's not a dolphin.

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Or megaladon?

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Shark. Dolphin tails go up and down. Sharks, side to side

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It's a remora.

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I thought you meant tail fins at first, not tail motion. I hope you do mean motion.

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Yes

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What's the shark thing next to it?

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A shark.

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Remora

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A megalodon, possibly.

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It's a remoraid. The Mantine needs it in order to evolve

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A friend

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Wholesome

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It’s chaperone.

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A shark?

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Probably a remora,they eat scraps. However, not really sure cause the manta ray isn’t really an aggressive eater, so maybe it eats parasites

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I agree. Its a remora

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It's armooooreee

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Likely a cobia (AKA ling). They look like a combination of remora/shark/catfish, and they love to hang out around larger sea critters

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Remora attach under the host fish and have large black suckers on their heads. This is a smaller shark, like a sand tiger or sandbar.

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Do remoras have dorsal fins? Looks like that fish has one.

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Cobia, I think, is correct. “It follows larger animals such as sharks, turtles, and manta rays to scavenge.”

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A remora

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Could well be a cobia. I think a remora would look smaller

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Definitely a cobia.

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big white

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a bananashark, for scale.

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Banana shark do do do do do do

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Banana shark

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For scale.

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Yes

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It's a remora probably. A type of fish that hangs out w predators & picks off the scrap they dont eat.

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You down voters better go look it up!

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But a manta ray isn’t a a predator, it’s a filter feeder.

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Look it up. Mantas can have remoras with/on them.

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They can, but I just did research and I 99% think that’s it’s a cobia. It fits the description and personality trait.

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Smaller

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An 8 foot great white

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Note: to be pals with a Great White, don’t fit in its mouth.

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