Among the fish that divers fear most when encountering underwater is the manta ray.
Because once a manta ray gets angry, even a small adult manta ray species can break a person's bones and kill him with just a light flap of its powerful "wings".
In addition, the habits of manta rays are also very strange.
Manta rays are lively, like little devils, and often play pranks.
Sometimes manta rays will deliberately swim to the bottom of a small boat sailing in the sea and hit the bottom of the boat with their wings, making a "whoosh, snap, snap" sound, which frightens the people on the boat.
Sometimes the manta ray would run to a small boat anchored in the sea, hang its flesh horns on the boat's anchor chain, and pull up the small iron anchor, leaving people at a loss.
Or there may be manta rays that use their head fins to hang themselves on the anchor chain of a small boat and drag the boat quickly around on the sea, causing fishermen to mistakenly believe that it is the "devil" causing trouble. These are actually pranks of manta rays.
One of the most distinctive habits of the manta ray is its flying stunt that is like "coming out of the sky"!
Scientists have observed that manta rays need to do a series of preparations before jumping out of the sea: they rise in the sea in a rotating posture, and as they approach the sea surface, their rotation and swimming speed continue to increase until they jump out of the water, sometimes accompanied by a beautiful somersault.
At its highest point, it can jump 1.5-4 meters high, and when it falls into the water, there is a loud bang, which is a beautiful and spectacular scene.
Xiang Yang once watched a film or TV show.
In a certain sea area, a group of manta rays jumped out of the water more than 3 meters.
Thousands of "devil fish" collectively leaped into the air, and after falling, they hit the water surface, splashing water like thunder, just like a rainstorm, which was really spectacular.
As far as Xiang Yang knows, manta rays have existed in the ocean for 100 million years and are representatives of primitive fish.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that manta rays are ovoviviparous, with females giving birth to only one baby at a time, which is extremely rare among marine creatures.
"Come, help us pull this manta ray up first." Xiang Yang shouted.
Soon, with the help of a group of people, Xiang Yang brought the exhausted manta ray from the sea to the boat.
"This fish looks so scary." Fang Youqun stared at the back of the manta ray with a look of horror on his face.
This manta ray has a black back with white patterns.
The shape of the pattern resembles a human skull and looks very much like a skeleton, which is indeed very scary.
"It's indeed a bit scary, but that's also the origin of his name." Xiang Yang said.
Manta rays are very rare. They generally live on the bottom of the deep sea and rarely come to the surface of the sea. Moreover, their numbers are extremely scarce.
"Come two people, turn it over, and hold down its fins. I will remove the hook and put the fish back into the sea." Xiang Yang said.
"What?"
Fang Youqun exclaimed, "Brother Yang, you spent so much effort to get it out of the sea, and now you put it back?"
"What else can we do if we don't release them?" Xiang Yang said with a smile, "Countries around the world have very strong protection for manta rays. Many countries have banned fishing, buying and selling, and even importing and exporting them. The United Nations has even established the world's largest manta ray sanctuary in Indonesia, covering an area of 5.96 million square kilometers. All fishing and trade of manta ray products are prohibited in the sanctuary."
"Ah?" Fang Youqun blinked. "So, our work has been in vain?"
"How can it be said to be a waste of time? You should take pictures quickly. Manta rays are very rare. Many fishermen may never see a manta ray in their entire life when they go out to sea." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"Ah? So after all this effort, all we get is a photo?" Fang Youqun said with a look of disappointment.
Immediately, Fang Youqun ran to the manta ray and said excitedly, "Let me take the picture first." As he spoke, he bent down, as if he wanted to hold the manta ray to take the picture.
"Be careful." Xiang Yang's face changed and he shouted quickly.
"Do you want to live?" Chen Qingsheng shouted directly.
"What's wrong? Brother Yang, Brother Qing." Fang Youqun was frightened by Xiang Yang and Chen Qingsheng's actions. He was hunched over, and he didn't know whether to continue bending or stand up straight.
"You're still asking me what's wrong? You almost died just now." Chen Qingsheng said unhappily.
Xiang Yang was speechless and said, "With your small body, the manta ray only needs to slap you lightly to turn you into a vegetable."
"If you want to take a picture, stand next to it and don't get close to it." Xiang Yang ordered.
Soon, one photo after another was taken.
The crew used a fish raker to catch the manta ray and threw it back into the sea.
After returning to the sea, the manta ray seemed very dissatisfied with Xiang Yang and others for taking it out of the sea.
Without the restraints of the fishing hooks, it was in no hurry to run away. It circled around the fishing boat, and kept hitting the hull with its two fins, making the cruise ship make loud "bang, bang" noises like hammering iron.
But neither Li Chao nor Xiang Yang cared at all.
joke.
This is a large cruise ship with ocean-going capabilities.
Even if they encounter a giant manta ray, they are not afraid at all. Can such a small manta ray destroy a cruise ship
"It's so exciting. I actually caught a manta ray." Zhang Qicheng fiddled with his fishing rod and suddenly pulled up a bamboo swordfish from the sea. "Why did I catch only small fish like this?"
Xiang Yang smiled, then sat down on the deck. "You are excited, but I am exhausted. I will never fish again. This time it is a small manta ray. If I catch a big manta ray next time, I will be left with nothing."
Li Chao also put away his fishing rod. "Lao Zhang, stop fishing. It's really not suitable tonight for fishing. We put beef liver next to our boat. The smell of beef liver is too strong. In addition, the searchlight attracts light-seeking fish. I'm afraid there are a lot of extremely dangerous marine creatures under our boat now."
Fishing requires bait.
Only by attracting the fish first can you catch it.
But if you are sea fishing, you should not attract too many sea fish.
Otherwise, those ferocious marine predators will also be attracted, including bloodthirsty sea beasts such as sharks.
Especially now it's at night.
Wu Shiwen, who was on the cruise ship, said, "Brother Yang, aren't you fishing for eels? Why don't you pull up a champagne bottle and see if there are any eels caught."
Xiang Yang glanced at Xu Fang.
Xu Fang shook his head and said, "The manta ray made quite a noise just now. Plus, the wind and waves are quite high tonight, and the boat is shaking all the time. I'm afraid the eel won't be easily caught. My suggestion is to wait a little longer. Anyway, the bait is enough, and the eel won't be able to escape tomorrow morning. There's no need to rush now."