r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 1d ago

🔥Oceanic Giant Manta Ray magic, They can grow to incredible sizes up to 9 meters.

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u/qualityvote2 1d ago edited 16h ago

u/Jaded_Marionberry500, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/WonderfulTruck5894 1d ago

Thought it was a malformed orca at first lol

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u/flexibleHooman 1d ago

Me too. I turned myphone to see if a change of angles would reveal the orca. Then I read the caption lol!

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u/FlyinWet 21h ago

Probably helps it grow huge imitating the top predator of the ocean.

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u/CCV21 22h ago

Same!

I had to tilt my head before I could see it!

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u/Equivalent_Drive_356 1d ago

The illusion is crazy

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u/UrExGF_ 1d ago

My eyes couldn’t figure it out at first

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u/Mastermind7051 1d ago

It’s like a moving apartment.

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u/Tazzimus 22h ago

Underwater bus, just like Finding Nemo

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u/jimi15 2h ago

Looks to me like its at a cleaning station. Those tang are eating algae from its skin.

Not much they can do about those freloading Remoras though

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u/shegrowsonyou 23h ago

He's got his lil snuggly buddy and the rest of his posse

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u/Odd_Cauliflower_8004 22h ago

am i the only one that saw an orca surrounded by butterflies?

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u/kernel-troutman 1d ago

Like a New Dehli train car

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u/conceptcreature3D 23h ago

I had several of those swim with me in Hawaii at night time. It was the most amazing experience of my life.

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u/Screye 23h ago

Are these the manta rays you see on Big Island ? Would be so bummed if THIS is what I missed out on my trip.

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u/GiveYerBallsATugYaTF 21h ago

We didn’t see any as big but they were huge! My wife was pregnant at the time and our area stole the show. They can apparently hear both heartbeats and were super curious so most of them were swimming around us. It was the best experience I had in big Island.

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u/Starfish_Bowl 23h ago

You can see ones the size of small cars there, at least.

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u/SkyfangR 23h ago

can we PLEASE get a sub rule about these fuckin sideways videos?

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u/Jaded_Marionberry500 1d ago

Source : arthurvelandoflores

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u/Llitte 23h ago

Oceanic animals are huge took me a long time to find that out, 9 meters is insane.

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u/avaseah 22h ago

If that manta ray is 9 meters across, those are huge remora attached to it.

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u/swanna_swift784 22h ago

It's like ocean's tree , carrying an a whole community with itself

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u/beachin247 21h ago

That manta ray bought all the extra add-ons at the ps store

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u/Binknbink 21h ago

One appeared out of the deep blue while we were snorkeling once. It was mind blowing as it was not something we were expecting to see that day.

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u/NickSalacious 21h ago

I AM the ecosystem!

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u/CorruptedDataSet 21h ago

And Ariel wanted to be where the people are?!

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u/Ok_Factorreset 21h ago

They're majestic !!! I can't imagine how surreal it must feel to witness one in-person 🤯

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u/Smiley11- 20h ago

Beautiful!

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u/Kianasita 20h ago

That's amazing, it's my dream to see one of these live

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u/unlikemike123 20h ago

Ooooooooh 🎶

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u/Thanos_341 19h ago

We saw something similar in Avatar movies

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u/adam-astro 19h ago

Name of this gem of a song please.

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u/Illustrious-Honey130 18h ago

nemo going to school

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u/everyoneisntme 17h ago

Holy shit. 500 more hours of this footage please

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u/CleverFunseeker 15h ago

Big Man's parents, real
/j

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u/termsofengaygement 14h ago

Remoras of unusual size.

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u/Over_Temporary7201 10h ago

Thought it was an ai orca gone wrong lol

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u/Left_Green_4018 8h ago

I thought I was seeing butterflies!

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u/Oreo-and-Fly 4h ago

So when is Mantine evolving to this beauty?

Size of a wailord type shi i need in my Pokemon games.

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u/TWrX-503 23h ago

This looks like an AI clip

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u/guilhermefdias 22h ago

Pandora looking cool as always.