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    (via fuckyeahstingrays)

    Source: twotreesandahouse

  2.   mad-as-a-marine-biologist: stabxhappy: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/01/17/manta-rays-endangered-by-sudden-demand-from-chinese-medicine/ Demand for the gills of manta and mobula rays has risen dramatically in the past 10 years for use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), even though they were not historically used for this purpose, a team of researchers from the conservation organizations Shark Savers and WildAid has discovered.  Jigsaw Mantas - learn more at Manta Ray of Hope The sad truth

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    mad-as-a-marine-biologist:

    stabxhappy:

    http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/01/17/manta-rays-endangered-by-sudden-demand-from-chinese-medicine/

    Demand for the gills of manta and mobula rays has risen dramatically in the past 10 years for use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), even though they were not historically used for this purpose, a team of researchers from the conservation organizations Shark Savers and WildAid has discovered.

     Jigsaw Mantas - learn more at Manta Ray of Hope

    The sad truth

    (via mad-as-a-marine-biologist)

    Source: blogs.scientificamerican.com

  3.   I felt this was an appropriate first post seeing as I work with stingrays and test triggers to the mating response based on exterior stimuli

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    I felt this was an appropriate first post seeing as I work with stingrays and test triggers to the mating response based on exterior stimuli

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