For your daily dose of natural phenomena to blow your simple human mind, check out this beautiful footage of mobula rays leaping out of the water and seemingly suspending themselves momentarily in midair.
The footage, captured by BBC, shows the massive sea dwellers flying as high as two meters above the ocean's surface.
So, what's all this out-of-water flying? Slate's Explainer column reports on this behavior in mobula rays and other large fish:
“Some scientists believe jumping may serve a purpose in courtship and dominance for toothed whales, a group that includes dolphins, killer whales, and belugas. Males are thought to caper around to attract females or to push each other as a way of staking out a position in the social hierarchy.”
And the same goes for these leaping giants. The higher they jump, notes BBC, the harder they fall — and the louder the bang when they hit the surface of the water. Much like the other large oceanic creatures mentioned above, this signals mating potential among male mobula rays. Females sometimes join in as well to draw attention to themselves with the interest of better odds for pairing off.
One thing's for certain, though: Watching these massive creatures breaching the ocean's surface is a mesmerizing spectacle.
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Posted by haberinbizden.com on Sunday, May 31, 2015
