Giant manta (Manta birostris), with sucker fish (remora) attached. Can reach wing span of m and weigh up to 1000 kg. The horn-like appendages call

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Giant manta (Manta birostris), with sucker fish (remora) attached. Can reach wing span of m and weigh up to 1000 kg. The horn-like appendages called cephalic lobes unfurl into scoops which direct nutrient and plankton-rich water into its mouth. Pacific Ocean, Mexico

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Photo credit: © Mark Spencer/AUSCAPE / Alamy / Afripics
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