Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Viral footage shows a hitchhiker fish swim inside the the rear end of manta ray. Researchers call this bizarre behavior "cloacal diving," and it may be a form of predator avoidance.
These fish, known as remoras (family Echeneidae), frequently get free rides when they use their suction discs to latch onto marine animals like sharks, whales and sea turtles. It has generally been thought that remoras provide a cleaning service to the animal they are traveling with but this new discovery shows that this relationship might not always be beneficial to the manta rays.
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Viral footage shows a hitchhiker fish swim inside the the rear end of manta ray. Researchers call this bizarre behavior "cloacal diving," and it may be a form of predator avoidance.
These fish, known as remoras (family Echeneidae), frequently get free rides when they use their suction discs to latch onto marine animals like sharks, whales and sea turtles. It has generally been thought that remoras provide a cleaning service to the animal they are traveling with but this new discovery shows that this relationship might not always be beneficial to the manta rays.
Read the full article here:
livescience.com/animals/fish/a-combination-of-amazement-and-horror-hitchhiker-fish-hide-in-manta-ray-buttholes?__vfz=medium%3Dtray_top_pages
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