Ken Bondy
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Mobulas
EMAM has posted some fantastic photos of jumping mobulas in another thread. Here's what they look like underwater:
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marv sherrill
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Ken - where did you take these pictures? are they Mobulas or Mantas?
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Ken Bondy
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Hi Marv! These are mobulas (Mobula mobular), taken at Cocos Island in Costa Rica. I think it is the same species as the ones in the Sea of
Cortez.
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Killer pics Ken!!!!
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Ken Bondy
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Thanks castaway$.
Marv, this is a Pacific manta ray, taken at Isla San Benedicto in the Revillagigedos:
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Thanks, as always for the great photos and the education.
Diane
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Russ
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Ken, or anyone. Do the mobulas have a stinger?
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Ken Bondy
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Russ neither mobulas nor mantas have a stinger or a barb on their tails. Eagle rays (the species that killed that unfortunate woman in Florida) do
have barbs at the base of their tail just behind the dorsal fin, but it is unlikely that the barbs had anything to do with the accident, despite the
erroneous first media reports that the "barb went through her neck".
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I just love your pics. Thanks again.
Iflyfish
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EMAM
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Ken, thanks for even mentioning my images when you are posting shots like yours. I'm honored to be mentioned in a post with such amazing shots like
this!
If I only had an underwater housing!! Maybe next year as I wanted so bad to jump overboard and swim with them.
Amazing shots!
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Ken Bondy
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Quote: | Originally posted by EMAM
If I only had an underwater housing!! Maybe next year as I wanted so bad to jump overboard and swim with them.
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Thanks EMAM, you are too kind. Careful what you wish for, underwater photography can take over your life
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Beautiful, just majestic! Thank you
•Life is just one damned thing after another
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