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Dear Reader,
The Indian Ocean is known as ‘Ratnakara’ in ancient
Sanskrit literature. Ratnakara means the mine of
jewels.
Manta rays often visit cleaning stations. A cleaning
station can be called nature’s hospital in the ocean.
Here, small fish such as angelfish swim in the
manta ray’s gills and over its skin. They are called
cleaner fish because, they clean the manta ray by
eating up parasites and dead tissue. Even though
manta rays are huge, they are quite gentle.
They are hunted by many animals like big sharks,
whales and humans.
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