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He now works to protect his home and the rest of the world from all kinds of threats, mostly ones that come from the stars. Carlos saw that he was stuck with Ray so he decided to make the best of it. The mobula bonded to Carlos was named K'naxar Rayjar B736, but Carlos decided to call him Ray. The object identified himself as a mobula, a sentient cybernetic life form that bonds with any object, weaponizes it and turn it into something great. It started to form a kind of silvery body armour with wings and a tail around him, when finished, it was impossible to remove. It scanned Carlos, as if looking for a host, and then connected itself to his back. He activated it and it came to life in the form of a tiny flying manta ray like creature with a friendly and mischievous personality. Back home, he headed to his personal space in the trees to figure out what not on Earth this chunk of metal was. He stashed it away in his backpack to study later while he returned to his class who were heading to their bus. He couldn't tell whether it was science (a chunk of a satellite) or magic (a gift from the Mayan or Aztec gods). He was able to see something fall out of the sky, a tiny metal egg-shaped object. Then, one promised day arrived, Carlos was exploring the mayan pyramids on a school field trip. Family business, 4 slightly younger siblings, schoolwork, friends, it all gets confusing for a single teen. For example, for a Community Managed Marine Protected Area, extensive work must be done to survey fish species and populations at a wide variety of dive sites, which is fundamental to informing the eventual size and area of the protected area.Living in the Mexican town of Dorado was tricky business for Carlos. Not only is the health and diversity of the overall ecosystem preserved, but research shows that protecting manta rays is economically beneficial as well, with estimates that each ray is worth more than $1,000,000 of manta ray tourism each year, compared to a maximum of about $500 when caught.įor both of these reasons, there have been conservation efforts put into place in dozens of countries to protect these gentle giants, including the work being done by ConnectOcean.Īs part of their cornerstone goals, ConnectOcean are working to provide data for the drafting and creation of a Community Managed Marine Protected Area in a large area around the Catalinas Islands.ĭata is always an important part of conversation efforts, and can be vital for policy makers to make informed decisions about protecting areas. However, many parts of the world have begun wholesale efforts to protect these rays, which is doubly valuable. Due to their method of swimming, they’re also unable to swim backwards, which makes them susceptible to being caught in nets or trailing lines. Manta rays have few natural predators due to their size (namely orca whales and great white sharks), but are listed as a threatened species due to over fishing, both of their natural food sources and of the rays themselves, which are desired in alternative medicine for their two front gill rakers. Manta rays can travel thousands of miles during their migrations, but tend to remain in certain areas for long periods of time | PC: Commons