A very rare specimen of manta ray has been sighted in Liguria belonging to the Mobula mobular species (Bonnaterre, 1788), a protected species that is absolutely forbidden to approach, touch or harass.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
A very rare specimen of blanket which belongs to the Mobula mobular species (Bonnaterre, 1788), a protected species that it is absolutely forbidden to approach, touch or harass.
As also warns the'ISPRA, in fact, the manta ray is protected and listed both in theappendix 2 to the Bern Convention, both inannex II of the SPA / BIO Protocol of the Barcelona Convention, as it is considered a vulnerable species.
Present throughout the Mediterranean, the manta ray does not represent a danger to humans at all as it is not aggressive and has only one sting for defensive purposes placed where the tail begins, at the end of the back.
Its for its vulnerability, the researchers of the Institute are keen to remind swimmers and all those who are in the western Ligurian area that it is it is absolutely forbidden to annoy and even simply touch the manta ray specimen as it is protected by international legislation.
Here, however, it is possible to admire it in the photo in the shot made by Laura Castellano on June 28, 2012.
