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Manta Roller Coaster Opens May 22 at SeaWorld


Manta Rays of the Great Barrier Reef

Manta Rays are the most graceful animals in the ocean, in my opinion. What a magical experience! I’ve wrangled up a video of some manta rays on the Great Barrier Reef that some divers captured! To explain the sheer of the first ray in the video, the diver was 60-70 feet above it…What a huge creature! Also, this video is in real time…This is how elegantly they “fly” through the water! It’s simply effortless to them! Yes, I’ve actually had the unbelievable opportunity to swim with a school of them on Yup, that's right! I have always wanted to start an animal refuge of [ ... ]

Have You Seen a Sawfish?

Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Superorder: Batoidea Order: Pristiformes Family: Pristidae Genera: Anoxypristis, Pristis Species: There are 7 species in the 2 Genera Sawfish are in the ray family and are known by their long, saw-like snout. They are often called “Sharks with Swords”. Actually, the “teeth” on their snout aren’t really teeth at all…LOL Know what else is special about that snout? It is electro- and motion sensitive with tiny pores that detect the slightest variations, so it allows the sawfish to hover over the ocean or riverbed floor and detect their prey’s heart-beats below the sand or mud. Very handy! Not to mention, they are [ ... ]