#Mobulas

[wendelyngandr]

>be an osteographer >go to a new town >locals are welcoming and accommodation is not hard to find >spend the afternoon getting to know the place >finally decide to get down to it >ask guide for directions to the cemetery >"Oh, in this city we cremate our dead." >mfw

#shitpost #like one person in the whole world will understand this quasi-joke #Hnoko Daydreams #Mobulas #perhaps not my best storytelling but gets the idea out anyways

[dayundying]

Wanted to draw something a little different, saw a beautiful mermaid draw that inspired me, went on @hellsitegenetics and lo and behold. Fish!!!

#my art #mermay #mermaid #blonde ray #manta ray #idk??? what are these guys... #mobula #thats the genus

[fyanimaldiversity]

Melanistic manta ray (Mobula ?) [x]

#melanistic #melanism #manta ray #ray #Mobula #fish #color mutation

[marinebioblr]

Oceanic manta rays are the largest species of ray in the world, with a wingspan of up to 26 feet. Despite their immense size, they are completely harmless to divers - they have no barbs to speak of, unlike stingrays, and spend their time filtering the water for plankton with the help of their cephalic lobes (the big paddles on each side of their mouths). Socorran mantas have grown very used to divers, and often seek out our bubble curtains seemingly because they feel good and may help clear away parasites!

#manta #mobula birostris #endangered #dive footage #scuba #marine biology #marine bio #marine biology studyblr #marine bio studyblr #biology #zoology #marine life #animals #sea life #elasmobranchs #chondrichthyes #manta ray #socorro #mexico #cute animals

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Giant Devil Ray (Mobula mobular)

(Photo by Patrik Neckman)

Conservation Status- Endangered

Habitat- Indo-Pacific Ocean; Eastern Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea

Size (Weight/Length)- 3.5 m width

Diet- Krill; Plankton; Small fish

Cool Facts- The giant devil ray is the third largest mobula species. These are the only mobulidae found in the Mediterranean Sea. The rays live in small groups and only have offspring once every few years. Capable of gaining a high amount of speed, giant devil rays can breach multiple meters from the water. The reason why they breach from the water is unknown but it could be done for communication or just for fun. Due to their slow growth mixing with pollution and bycatch, the giant devil ray population has declined greatly in the last few decades. These rays are highly sensitive to any change in their environment and are heavily impacted by longlines, trawl nets, and tuna traps. Luckily, multiple European countries such as Italy and Croatia are working together to protect this magnificent species.

Rating- 13/10 (No longer called a manta.)

#animal of the day #animals #ray #marine creature #mobula #saturday #july 29 #giant devil ray #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[octoslime]

celebrities shop too

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #big man #doodles #mobula #hes a fan

[strawberrybabydog]

@seagrapejellie's self & sona reskin + background ! commissions info

!do not repost!

#pixel art #mobula ray #ocean #aquacore #alterhuman #therian #pixel art commissions

[anakahaia]

Inktober 2023

Day 17: Demon

Mobula mobular, Giant Devil Ray

#inktober #inktober 2023 #inktober2023 #artober #drawtober #digital drawing #procreate #digital art #demon #devil fish #giant devil ray #mobula mobular #devil ray #sea creature #devil #let’s keep going with the sea creatures #so graceful

[downfalldestiny]

A lucky snorkeler watching a MASSIVE fever of Mobula Rays glide past him 🌊 !.

#snorkeler #Mobula #Migration #magic moments #magic destinations #magic places #downfalldestiny #life #downfall #the right moment #right moment #one moment #Swim #Sea #Ocean

[pancha-stuff]

#orcas #film #ocean #discovery #hunt #mobula #rays

[wendelyngandr]

So, Novi's stubborn refusal to share Ellisvere's notes on Presence Theory is her central point of conflict - it is the paradox of her behaviour that drives everyone she knows up the wall and throws her life into chaos. So why does she hide her mother's secret research?

Firstly, doubt. Ellisvere's discovery amounts, essentially, to magic, a way to directly download the imagination into the physical world, bypassing art, technology, the entire prospect of human ingenuity and labour... properly expressed, Presence shatters the ontological integrity of the world.

So, in the face of this incredible claim, Novi searches for evidence to back up her mother's theory.

All the while, she suspects that anyone else reading Presence Theory would dismiss it as nonsense, and conclude that Ellisvere was off her rocker - an idea all too easily corroborated by her mysterious disappearance.

Was Ellisvere the greatest scientist ever, or a crank? This is the question Novi has to settle in her own mind before she is comfortable opening up to anyone else about it, and the very process of settling this question forces her to follow in Ellisvere's tracks. And when she crosses paths with Dr. Salven, she struggles to justify why her actions aren't irrational. Salven is a good accelerant because, as Ellisvere's protege and former lab partner, he is convinced (as Novi is) of her genius, but as a representative of the scientific establishment, his involvement threatens to take Presence Theory out of Novi's hands, rigorously falsify it, or if it ends up being true then cycle it into the world's already insane pace of technological development. What Novi fears is a loss of control - over her own narrative about her mother, her competency with the technologies of her time, and her own integrity as a person.

As the story progresses, Novi finds it increasingly easy to believe that she is losing her mind. Yet she clings to the hope - and terror - that the universe is in for an ontological revolution.

In the midst of all this, she looks to Mobulas for help because (as his actions at the art show suggest) he is perceptive and deeply curious, while also having a sense of discretion. She intends to leverage their friendship to help her figure things out without tipping her hand, but the very thing Novi needs from Mobulas (his trust) is put in jeopardy by her manipulative tactics.

Novi's superpower is Doubt, Mistrust, Confabulation, Illusion. She is a sneaky goblin fleeing with the Arkenstone in her hands - or is it only a polished piece of quartz? She is the gaslight gatekeep girlboss of the story, she is a wet cat doing parkour in the streets, she is constantly defying the retribution she knows the world has for her...

#Hnoko Daydreams #Novi #Ellisvere #Dr. Salven #Mobulas #Presence Theory

[shark-sslime]

Yayy questioning another kintype /s. I was having doubts about how I feel about my shark theriotype/being a shark for a bit, and started thinking about it more here recently. I kind of put rays off to the side, I just figured that I felt close to them because they are related to sharks but I vibe with them more than I thought. I never really felt settled with any species of shark, they are all too round and tubular for how I feel. I especially didn't vibe with the behavior of sharks? Specifically the hunting part and more 'aggressive' nature ( I know theyre not actually aggressive but idk how else to describe like frenzies and hunting and stuff) , I don't really feel like that's accurate and doesn't really fit me. I feel more connected with the passive, filter feeding tendencies of rays. I also think the flatness of them is more accurate, and even though I really like sharks, I think I feel pulled more towards rays when I look at pictures and research, etc. Anyway, I narrowed it down to the mobula rays/devil rays. Here is a fun little excel sheet I made of them, and what traits feel closer (green) and what traits feel farther (red) from what I feel. (Black text is indifferent/doesnt make me feel more or less connected)

So far I feel drawn towards reef mantas and monk rays but the bentfin ray is the one that matches the most like habitat and location wise reef manta:

monk ray:

bentfin ray:

I wasss feeling like Im one of the smaller rays but idk, I really vibe with how the reef mantas are always on a reef lol the other ones are coastal but not reef specific which is fine but reefs just feel better

#therian #therianthropy #otherkin #alterhuman #therian things #shark therian #shark kin #sharkkin #ray therian #ray kin #raykin #mobularay #mobula ray #mobula therian #mobula kin #mobulakin #mobula ray therian #mobula ray kin #mobularaykin #questioning theriotype

[quark-nova]

Spec evo folks: Six limbed vertebrates can't exist, it wouldn't work physically

Six limbed vertebrates:

#mobula munkiana #the horns in mantas and mobulas and the flaps in cownose rays are actually a third pair of fins #that splits off from pectoral fins during embryological development #spec evo #speculative evolution

[marinebioblr]

🌑 Black beauty! This manta is an example of the uncommon melanistic manta - a color mutation that results in more dark pigmentation than normal (like the opposite of albinism, which is a lack of pigmentation!) It lacks the white chevron on its back and white belly, making it truly striking.

#manta #melanism #socorro #marine biology #chondrichthyes #elasmos #mobula birostris #marine bio #marine biology studyblr #marine bio studyblr #biology #zoology #marine life #animals #sea life #ocean life #ocean #scuba #scuba diving

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Mobula Ray Migration, La Paz, Mexico

Photographer: Martin Broen

International Pano Awards

#martin broen #photographer #mobula ray migration #black & white photography #la paz #mexico #underwater #international pano awards #nature

[elliottnotyet]

Day nine of @fish-daily's Fish-uary: ray. I chose the mobula because it forgot it wasn't a bird.

[Image ID: a ray that's black on top and white on the bottom jumping out of the water. There are purple mountains in the distance. End ID]

#ray #mobula #ocean #marine life #there are many benefits to being a marine biologist #marine critters #marine biology #sea #sea creatures #illustrator #illustration #image id #artist described #art #fishuary #fishuary2024