Manta Ray ‘Fin Language’

Manta ray. Ken FUNAKOSHI, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

New research documents manta rays moving their cephalic lobes — the modified fins on either side of their mouths — during social interactions with cleaner fish, one another, and human divers. The study suggests that cephalic lobe movements may play a role in gestural communication, as well as in feeding.

Read more at my Animal Minds blog: Manta Ray ‘Fin Language.’