Manta rays

Our friend Amy asked if we wanted to go with her on a night snorkaling excursion to see Manta rays on Thursday. They shine bright lights down into the water from the boat. This attracts plankton which the Manta Rays feed on. Over the years the local rays have learned that lights = food. So they glide all up and down the water colum were the lights are. These things get huge, up to 5000 lbs. The ones we were swimming with were probably in the 300-700 lbs range but still big when they're 6'' away from you. The only picture I was able to get is pretty poor but here it is.