Specialty Instructor Fabio Esposito will be teaching the course, and says he would like to see all the dive guides in Palau give better briefings to their guests about the mantas, and especially how to behave around them so as not to disturb their feeding and cleaning behavior. NECO Marine has a PADI dive specialty course: “Manta Identification Diver Palau”, a two day course where you can find out more about Palau’s manta rays and how to observe them best. If you would like to learn how to identify the mantas and to position yourself under water so not to scare them away. Manta ID Palau Project, with NECO Marine as one of the sponsors, builds a database to collect information on Palau’s individual mantas and share what is learned from observing and photographing them in Palau for the last 25 years. The smallest of the manta rays, the species Mobula diabolis of Australia, grows to no more than 60 cm (2 feet) across, but the Atlantic manta, or giant devil ray ( Manta birostris ), the largest of the family, may grow to more than 7 metres (23 feet) wide. They stay around reef channels until they are large enough to go out into open ocean, unfortunately by staying around they risk to be caught by fishing hooks like what happened to Eddy who already has some marks on his belly. The mother will give birth close to the shore, and then leave the pup to care for itself. So, Eddy’s mother is still a mystery! Indeed, as soon as baby Manta rays are born, they have to look after themselves, find their own food and hide from sharks that try to eat them. 0:24 A single mom in McLoud is being flooded with support from around the globe after a post about the hand-sewn stuffed manta ray she made for her son Jonas grew popular on one of the world’s largest online forums. Science News Baby manta rays can breathe in womb, ultrasound finds A rare ultrasound glimpse at a fetal manta ray reveals that that these graceful fish can 'breathe' in the womb. However, few days later, Mechas and Romana were both seen pregnant at German Channel. This giant manta ray baby at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Tokyo was believed to. At first, Eddy (M73) (as we have named it) was suspected to be the baby of Mechas (F1) who was last time seen pregnant in December 2012. A rare ultrasound glimpse at a fetal manta ray reveals that that these graceful fish can 'breathe' in the womb. A new born manta ray has been observed at German Channel. Watch out for Hawaiian Honu also known as the Green Sea Turtle when snorkeling at Kua Bay.
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