Attack

[paolov]

check out the the news article on the reported ceown of thorns

http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=32077

 

[rhine64]

The best part is where they describe the death hug of the manta. Where the hell did that come from?

 

[Wijbrandus]

Right. Manta's squeeze us to death when threatened??

Someone's seen one too many horror flicks...

 

[BigJetDriver]

From a published report in a newspaper in the Philippines:
"Manta rays are gentle sea creatures tolerant of humans, but dangerous when threatened. They use their wings to seize enemies and squeeze them to death."

They've obviously been chewing the Betel-nut too much again down

there!!!!! :dropmouth


Wow! Who knew???

 

[paolov]

and probably chew the divers with their .... uhm with what? tooth brush ?

that is their teeth right, a some sort of toothbrush hehehhehehe

 

[Stirling]

From a published report in a newspaper in the Philippines:
"Manta rays are gentle sea creatures tolerant of humans, but dangerous when threatened. They use their wings to seize enemies and squeeze them to death."

"Enemies"?! And I thought it all looked so peaceful down there ...

 

[MoonWrasse]

From a published report in a newspaper in the Philippines:
"Manta rays are gentle sea creatures tolerant of humans, but dangerous when threatened. They use their wings to seize enemies and squeeze them to death."

They've obviously been chewing the Betel-nut too much again down

Hold on there, just because you haven't seen it happen doesn't mean it isn't true!
Someone should contact the HSA and propose we breed an army of giant mantas to protect the US coasts from scuba terrorists

 

[archman]

I do not see a direct link between the health of the coral reef and the local manta population. Sounds like the reef's already on its way out anyway.

 

[zboss]

We had something like this happen in the BVI's about ten years ago but with Sea Urchins. One year there were a normal amount and the next there were thousands and pretty much all of the very shallow (less than 30 feet) coral was eaten. After a year or two went by the sea urchin population decresed to a normal amount and now the reef is kinda coming back. Unfortunately - it's not happening very quickly because unchecked development is flushing dirt and nutrients in the bays, which cause algal blooms and don't keave anywhere for the coral spawn to rest.

 

[jbd]

check out the the news article on the reported ceown of thorns

http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=32077

Leaving out the part about manta's this invasion by the crown of thorns is happening i the great barrier reef also. Nutrient flowing into the sea from agriculture/horticulture etc,etc, are providing the crown of thorns with ideal growing conditions while they are very young. This is leading to recurring population explosion. There are some scientist/divers that are killing the crown of thorns, via injection, in an attempt to save the great barrier reef.