Gills absorb oxygen from the water that gushes out so the manta can breathe. The MIT team was especially interested in mobula rays because they thought the animals struck an ideal balance between ...

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out ... water. We found that the highest percentage of breaches, measured by the number of studies that described it, occurred in ...

The most common theory is that it helps dislodge parasites as they momentarily "fly" metres ... known to jump out of the water, which is called breaching. Mobula rays and manta rays are two ...

The fish do not use their tails to propel through the water or to lash out at potential predators. And although stingray tails have a fearsome reputation for deadly stings, manta tails lack ...