Zum gestrigen #WorldMantaDay war mir dieser freundliche Rochen ins Skizzenbuch geschwommen, zusammen mit ein paar anderen Kollegen. Das Ganze füllt und entwickelt sich noch. #WIP
#ChamaeliArt #Sketchbook
#wattiskunst #kleineKunstklasse
Drawing of a mermaid swimming with 3 longheaded eagle rays
It be #WorldMantaDay so here be 3 Longheaded Eagle Rays! 🦑🌊
The world burns but eagle rays are forever ✨
#art #kidlitart
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The Mexican Pacific is home to one of the largest populations of giant manta rays. With populations decreasing worldwide, we need to push for better conservation measures.
Download the poster:
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September 17th is World Manta Day, a day to raise awareness about these majestic but endangered rays.
Targeted catch and bycatch in fisheries are responsible for a global decline of manta ray populations.
High time to better protect these gentle giants!
#mantarays #worldmantaday
🦑🧪 Today is #WorldMantaDay! An incredible and truly unbelievable species – but sadly, threatened.
In the image you’ll find a whole bunch of rays: eagle rays, stingrays, guitarfish, butterfly rays and so on. All of them part of this fascinating world that we can still find beneath the surface. 🌍💙
Happy #WorldMantaDay! 💙
Dive in and learn more about these graceful ocean giants: oceana.ly/3VjJKfy
#ProtectWhatYouLove
Want to learn more about manta ray brains?
benthamopenarchives.com/abstract.php...
#AnimalCognitionFunFacts #WorldMantaDay #MantaRay
Manta ray jumping out of the water
Oh! Today is World Manta Day!
Me too, I have a manta ray drawing too
Absolutely fantastic creatures
#WorldMantaDay #MantaRay #MantaDay #Manta #illustration #drawing #Sciart #ArtShare #ArtYear #BskyArt #Art
🌊🐋 World Manta Day 🐋🌊
Mantas — the gentle giants of our oceans — face threats from bycatch, habitat loss & climate change.
Protecting them means protecting marine life, fisher livelihoods & our shared future. 💙
#WorldMantaDay #SaveOurMantas #ProtectMantas #OceanConservation #MarineBiodiversity
World Manta Day social tile depicting four mantas and the logo of World Manta Day and the date of this international day.
It's #WorldMantaDay! This year's theme focuses on the power of protection for these majestic creatures.
From international trade and overfishing to unregulated tourism and climate breakdown, they face growing threats.
Global organisations are calling for stronger protections. #WorldMantaDay2025
#FUNFACT: Giant manta rays can reach wingspans of more than 25 feet, but they survive mostly on tiny plankton! 🌊
This #WorldMantaDay, explore Oceana’s Species Spotlight on these gentle giants and why they need our protection ➡️ https://oceana.ly/47H7B01
It’s #WorldMantaDay!! 🌊 #Didyouknow that these gentle giants play an important role in keeping marine ecosystems balanced? Swipe to find out how!
These protections are likely benefiting the oceanic manta ray, too - that’s the one in the gif. As the name suggests, oceanic manta rays spend most of their time in the open ocean. Raja Ampat is one of the few places where both reef and oceanic manta rays are resident.
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Filter feeding manta n devil rays surface feed in areas where plankton are abundant, often attracted by lights of boats n docks, this makes them easy targets for fishing #WorldMantaDay
Threats
Targeted catch, bycatch, gill plate trade for TCM, entanglement, habitat loss, boat strikes,climate change🧵
Today September 17th is World Manta Day! A moment to celebrate these incredible animals, but also to take action for them! #SaveTheMantas
#WorldMantaDay #MantaRay #MantaDay #Manta #Ray #MantaTrust #Oceans #Sealife #SavetheSharks #illustration #drawing #Sciart #ArtShare #ArtYear #BskyArt #Art
Mobulids’ slow life cycle, late maturity(10yrs),delayed age of 1st reproduction,extremely low fecundity make them particularly vulnerable to the anthropogenic pressures, leading to population declines of over 90%n some areas
All 9 species now threatened w/ extinction #WorldMantaDay #SaveTheMantas
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Manta and devil rays still being killed in their thousands, and devil rays in their tens of thousands primarily for their gill plates, sold as a pseudo-traditional medicine in Asian markets, and for their meat. The int/ trade, much of it illegal or unreported, and continues to grow
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At Indonesia reef manta feeding sites, waters hold ~20,000–449,000 plastic pieces/km². 🧴
Mantas may be ingesting up to 63 items/hour and up to 980 g per kg of plankton filtered. 🌊
On #WorldMantaDay, help raise awareness of threats these ocean giants face. Learn more: www.cms.int/en/publicati...
*An extra plug for #WorldMantaDay
#Mobula, #bioinspiration, filter feeding, form and function - free
J B Teeple et al
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Mobulas (manta and devil rays) are large-scale ram filter feeders that separate planktonic food particles from large volumes of water with minimal clogging.
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Take a photo, upload it to your social media and the Manta Trust campaign page
Tag posts w/ #SaveTheMantas
All images will become part of a powerful visual mural at the CITES CoP20 conference,sending delegates a clear message: the world is watching
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September 17 is World Manta Day. Animal Cognition Fun Facts by Animal Cognition Network.
Today, September 17, is World Manta Day.
#AnimalCognitionFunFacts #WorldMantaDay #MantaRay
It's #WorldMantaDay so here's a specimen from the UofG collections, a close up of the gill rakers of a giant devil ray - Mobula mobular. They came from a 152kg fish caught in the Med in 2009. Manta and devil rays are endangered, by-catch and consumption of rakers for TCM being the biggest threats.
Graphic for World Manta Day featuring stylized oceanic illustrations including manta rays, various fish species, and coral, all set against a deep blue background.
Happy #WorldMantaDay! Today, we join the celebrations for these gentle ocean giants.
DYK every manta ray has a unique spot pattern on its belly that can be used to identify it, just as we are identified by our fingerprints?
💙 Share the love: https://www.worldmantaday.com/
Happy #WorldMantaDay! 💙
#DYK the babies are called pups and they are born rolled up like a burrito? 🌯
But after their wings unfold, they are good to go 👍
#nature #ocean #marinelife #photography
Mojn zusammen!
Heute ist Tag des Mantarochens. Absolut faszinierende Tiere, aber, wie so oft wenn Tiere einen eigenen Feiertag haben, sind auch sie bedroht. Ursache: der Mensch.
Kommt gut durch den Tag.
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Learn more about us and our work towards conserving mantas amongst other species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras: www.iucnssg.org/mission-visi... and follow us IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
#WorldMantaDay #shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation
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