Project Manta - Scientists target manta ray mysteries

Aussie scientist are doing something about the fact that we don't know much about the biology of manta rays ... we just know how amazing they are.

Manta rays are hard to miss — big, black and stretching up to seven metres wide, but scientists are still in the dark about the world's largest ray.

A team of UQ scientists is joining forces with industry and government partners to launch the most comprehensive study of manta rays yet.

Project Manta will detail manta ray populations, their behaviours, feeding patterns, movements, migrations using observations and satellite imagery and will identify individuals via DNA and photographic analysis.

Read more on the University of Queensland website

http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=11933


Contributed by Tim Hochgrebe added 2007-05-05

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