#mobula ray kin

[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

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[montereybayaquarium]

The silent slurp of plankton soup sucked by the sea's super shark. 🐋🦈

This video comes to us from staffer John O'Sullivan on one of his many research trips to the Gulf of California. Working with his Mexican colleagues, John is studying filter-feeding sharks and kin—whale sharks, manta and mobula rays—to see how vulnerable they are to ingesting micro-plastics as they sift sustenance from their watery world.

Just as the largest fish in the ocean feeds on some of its smallest inhabitants, so too do the smallest of actions to reduce plastic in the ocean stand to have a massive impact on the health of the most impressive species living in the ocean.

#monterey bay aquarium #whale shark day #whale shark #baja #marine science #waiter there's a boat in my soup