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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Amazing Flying Sea Creatures

Amazing Flying Sea Creatures 


Flying is to bird, walking or running is to mammal and swimming and FLYING is to fish?! Swimming is one of the most essential traits of marine creatures and failure to possess such trait means death. On the other hand, some marine animals are capable also of gliding high up in the air that makes them appear like capable of flying like birds. Here are some water creatures that can fly


1. Mobula

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Mobula is a genus of ray that can glide high up in the air. They belong to the family Myliobatidae or commonly called eagle rays. They resemble the appearance of Manta rays which are in the same family. It has been reported that Mobula rays in the Gulf of California can breach as high as 2 meters above the sea.

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