The devil ray, with an undeserved reputation for spending its time basking, can actually travel impressive distances and dive to crushing depths. - NICK BONZEY/Wikimedia Commons
A RAY known for basking on the ocean surface has turned out to be one of the natural world’s deepest divers, able to forage at submarine-crushing depths, scientists said last week.
Researchers attached data recorders to 15 Chilean devil rays (Latin name Mobula tarapacana) in the mid-Atlantic to see where the horned, kite-shaped fish went.
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