Baby manta rays: new light shed on their life in Indonesian aquatic playground
- Written by Edy Setyawan, Marine Ecologist, University of Auckland
A young reef manta rays inhabiting a nursery area in Wayag Lagoon, Raja Ampat, Indonesia (Source: Edy Setyawan)The early lives of manta rays remain a mystery. This is possibly because most researchers tend to pay more attention to large adult rays than their pups.
But now, thanks in part to research conducted by our team, some of the secret lives...
