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How do manta rays reproduce?
How do manta rays reproduce?
Manta rays take about 10 years to reach sexual maturity. Once they start breeding, they usually have a single pup (sometimes two) every two to five years. Gestation is believed to be about a year long. Eggs are retained within the mother mantra ray’s body, where they hatch. Sometime after, she gives birth to live young.
(Courtesy of Mantary Island Resort)
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