11/12/2021
The Indian Ocean is known as ‘Ratnakara’ in ancient Sanskrit literature. Ratnakara means the mine of jewels.
Manta rays often visit cleaning stations. A cleaning station
can be called nature’s hospital in the ocean. Here, small fish
such as angelfish swim in the manta ray’s gills and over its skin. They are called cleaner fish because, they clean the
manta ray by eating up parasites and dead tissue. Even though manta rays are huge, they are quite gentle.
They are hunted by many animals like big sharks, whales
and humans.
