Why won't you fit in my mouth!
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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In Portuguese theyβre literally called mantas aka blankets
Oh my god
Manta ray
Its a blanket ray
Hahaha that's so cute
That... never occurred to me before. Wow.
All he needs is an underwater campfire.
But make sure to check the sea fire risk index first
idk I see this and think of that kakopo video with the line "you're being shagged by a rare parrot"
Does anyone know what this Stingray is trying to do?
Is it accustomed to people feeding it and trying to get his attention?
I had an employee at a touch tank at an aquarium explain to me that stingrays swim around in giant schools constantly touching each other so they really just like being pet and touched, and as we were chatting (it was a really slow day) I could see the stingrays dancing and getting antsy because they weren't getting enough attention and the employee just kept petting them as they kept coming up and bouncing out of the water clearly going "Pet me! Pet me!"
They're like puppies of the sea, just with stingers.
Iβve been here. Not to the ocean floor but to Grand Cayman where the Stingrays are. They are so accustomed to tourists feeding them the all gather in one area where the boats go to see them .
For a period of time, boats were banned from this because predators figured out they could have a Stingray buffet.
Sea cuddles π₯°
A stingstay
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From this perspective it looks like they are trying to mimic a hermit crab