Arco-Íris Reloaded
Jamanta?
Posted by Arco-Íris (Leiria, Portugal) on 15 March 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
As jamantas (Manta birostris), são peixes cartilagíneos (Chondrichthyes) pelágicos, oceânicos do género Manta e a maior espécie actual de raias.
A jamanta tem o corpo em forma de losango e uma cauda longa e provida de um espinho na sua base. Os maiores exemplares atingem tamanhos que podem chegar aos 8m de envergadura.
As jamantas alimentam-se de plâncton e pequenos peixes.
Há uma jamanta no Oceanário de Lisboa. Não sei se esta fotografia corresponde à jamanta.
dYe from Cambridge, United States
Beautiful! I love the color of the water and his pose - it looks like he's flying!
15 Mar 2007 7:18am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Fabulous shot. Better you than me in there. I'd die if something that big swam past me!
15 Mar 2007 8:36am
Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand
A wonderful! they are the most graceful creatures when you're diving, sooooooo big... And their fins are incredibly graceful and fluid Not that I would want to be too close to them!!
15 Mar 2007 8:57am
adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain
It´s really beatufil, I would say majestous... Great done!
15 Mar 2007 10:49am
emarquetti from Itajai, Brazil
E além de tudo isso, ela é linda (pelo menos eu penso assim).
Esta é uma jamanta mesmo... o seu modo de nadar transmite muita paz, não é mesmo? Parecem voar.
15 Mar 2007 11:10am
Shawna from Regina, Canada
I hope that one day I will just be able to see creatures like this under our waters, let alone photograph them. Great image. Peaceful felling to it
15 Mar 2007 4:56pm
Art Monkey from Salt Spring Island, Canada
amazing! are you in the water with them?
15 Mar 2007 9:21pm
Brittney from Cairns, Australia
Amazing. This is probably the coolest thing I've seen all day!
15 Mar 2007 10:30pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Absolutely stunningly beautiful, you are so lucky to see all this, and capture it so well
15 Mar 2007 11:08pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
Wish I could read portuguese.. never-the-less.. Beautiful image. This is where knowledge, luck, and opportunity collide.
16 Mar 2007 1:28am
White Tea from Lisbon, Portugal
Espetacular!
(foi a palavra que se soltou quando vi a foto... e é de facto espetacular!)
19 Mar 2007 7:28pm
Remus from Portugal
Eu penso que sim.
Mas em todo o caso, também não tenho a certeza se é a Jamanta.
As cores estão fabulosas.
19 Mar 2007 9:01pm
Sash from Adelaide, Australia
All I can say to this is WOW!!!!!!! I have seen manta rays jump out of water, but never from this perspective. Amazing! :)
1 May 2007 12:16pm
@Sash: It is in an aquarium.
Thank you my friend!!
@Evi: Thanks Evi.
Ekker from NA, Malaysia
Beautiful! It seems almost too good to be true but it's lovely.
3 Jul 2007 7:15am
Canon EOS 350D
1/30 second
F/3.5
ISO 400
22 mm