Intelligent Manta Ray Asks a Diver For Help to Help To Save Her Life (Pics & Video)

Just another reason why it is so important to keep our oceans clean. A wild manta ray has been filmed letting a snorkeller remove three hooks from her eye. This touching footage appears to show the manta ray asking for help from the diver, and patiently waiting while until the hooks were removed as if she knew exactly what was going on.

Manta rays are considered to be one of the most intelligent marine creatures in the world and are very common in some parts of the Western Australian coast. These oceanic giants, who undertake large migrations, exhibit complex social behaviour, can reach up to seven meters in width and live to be 50 years old. Manta rays are known to go out of their way to interact with humans, they are much like mammals in this sense. Their brains can be ten times larger than a whale shark, not only is it physically big but also is large relative to its body.