Listed as a near threatened species, the manta ray is the largest ray in the world weighing as much as 5000 pounds and measuring as wide as 25 feet across.

Mantas can leap high above the surface of the water using the strength of their powerful wings. They have short tails without the stinging spines found in the tails of many other species of rays. Their diet consists of plankton, small fish and small crustaceans.

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