Synopsis
Devil rays do acrobatic leaps out of the sea at the edge of the shoal to encourage shrimp into the mouths of the other rays.
- Programme: Nature's Greatest Dancers
- Episode: The Dance for Life
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Biology
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