Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) foraging for small crabs and shells in the sand. Having used it's electrical sensors under the snout and around the mouth to locate it's prey, the ray then uses it's body like a large suction cup as it draws up the animal through the sand with gulping motions of it's mouth. Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) foraging for small crabs and shells in the sand. Having used it's electrical sensors under the snout and around the mouth to locate it's prey, the ray then uses it's body like a large suction cup as it draws up the animal through the sand with gulping motions of it's mouth. Dasyatidae (Stingrays) Myliobatiformes single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks ray rays elasmobranch elasmobranchs chondricthyan chondricthyans flat flatten flattened cartilage cartilagenous batoidae sting sting-ray stingray stingrays sting-rays dasyatidae dasyatiforme dasyatiform dasyatiformes eat eating eater feed feeding feeder consume consuming devour devouring catch catching hunt hunting hunter gather gathering forage foraging eat eating eater caught stalking stalker stalk predator sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor |Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
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Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) with body raised in alert or alarm posture which breaks any vacuum under the body to allow a rapid flight response. Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) with body raised in alert or alarm posture which breaks any vacuum under the body to allow a rapid flight response. Dasyatidae (Stingrays) Myliobatiformes single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks ray rays elasmobranch elasmobranchs chondricthyan chondricthyans flat flatten flattened cartilage cartilagenous batoidae sting sting-ray stingray stingrays sting-rays dasyatidae dasyatiforme dasyatiform dasyatiformes alert alarm alarmed look looking lookout look-out out surprise surprised flat flatten flatter flattened flatened compressed splayed compressed compress spread sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor curious curiousity curios curiosity look looking inspect inspecting gaze gazing inquisitive inquiring enquiring interested questioning nosy prying |Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
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Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) with body raised in alert or alarm posture which breaks any vacuum under the body to allow a rapid flight response. Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) with body raised in alert or alarm posture which breaks any vacuum under the body to allow a rapid flight response. Dasyatidae (Stingrays) Myliobatiformes single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks ray rays elasmobranch elasmobranchs chondricthyan chondricthyans flat flatten flattened cartilage cartilagenous batoidae sting sting-ray stingray stingrays sting-rays dasyatidae dasyatiforme dasyatiform dasyatiformes alert alarm alarmed look looking lookout look-out out surprise surprised flat flatten flatter flattened flatened compressed splayed compressed compress spread sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor curious curiousity curios curiosity look looking inspect inspecting gaze gazing inquisitive inquiring enquiring interested questioning nosy prying |Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
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Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) with arched tail in threat posture and body raised in alert or alarm posture which breaks any vacuum under the body to allow a rapid flight response. Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii) with arched tail in threat posture and body raised in alert or alarm posture which breaks any vacuum under the body to allow a rapid flight response. Dasyatidae (Stingrays) Myliobatiformes single one alone lonely isolated individual spots spotted dot dots dotted spot speckled specks ray rays elasmobranch elasmobranchs chondricthyan chondricthyans flat flatten flattened cartilage cartilagenous batoidae sting sting-ray stingray stingrays sting-rays dasyatidae dasyatiforme dasyatiform dasyatiformes alert alarm alarmed look looking lookout look-out out surprise surprised flat flatten flatter flattened flatened compressed splayed compressed compress spread sand sandy sandflat seabed sea bed sea-bed seafloor sea-floor floor curious curiousity curios curiosity look looking inspect inspecting gaze gazing inquisitive inquiring enquiring interested questioning nosy prying |Blue-spotted Maskray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
