2024-07-21 05:00:00
NEWS – In a sea that is often acknowledged as one of the most polluted in the world, this area of the sea, which is the result of an international agreement, shows that the Mediterranean Sea is full of life that many people believe is dead. A year before the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, this protected sanctuary holds extraordinary hope for protecting the oceans.
This article is from Figaro magazine
On June 27, a strange creature washed up on the beach of Boucanet between Palavas-les-Flots and Le Grau-du-Roi in Gard. A smooth diamond-like body, large triangular pectoral arms similar to large ships and two horns reaching a large head… This Mobula ray, whose wingspan is over two meters, is a wonder for tourists and hikers. Treated and returned to the water by specialists, the animal did not survive. The event was noted by the local press. However, there is nothing different about it: Mobula mobular, a relative of the ray most familiar to everyone, the manta, is used in these waters. It even got its nickname from him: the Mediterranean devil.
To the sailor or new sailor, such a creature lives only in the pure, azure waters of the tropics; certainly not in the ocean that many thought was dead. Actually, by the way…
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