MANTA

these amazing creatures, move through the water with so much grace, that you almost forget to breath when they cross your path.

they gather at places, where there is a lot of plankton. so sometimes, you find more than 10 manta’s in one spot.

they also visit cleaning stations on a regular base, they stay there for minutes, and have themselves groomed, by the cleaning-fish. they open their mouths, and let the small fish do their job.

while one manta gets a cleaning, the other manta’s wait patiently in a Que until it’s their turn for a grooming-session.

the picture is made at the Maldives, while snorkeling.

~ by diveduck on November 14, 2007.