In the Moonlight

In the Moonlight by Brad Klausen Limited Edition of 50 (signed & numbered)  6-color screen print with metallic highlights on 100lb Cougar White paper 24" x 16.25" with a small 0.2" white border Printed by DL Screenprinting Species of the month Photography by Wendy Capili Wilkie Photograph by Tre' Packard  Species: Reef Manta Ray (Manta Alfredi) / Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta Birostris) Family: MyliobatidaeConservation Status: Threatened - Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) Manta rays are some of the most fascinating creatures that live in our oceans. With the largest brain of all fish, their intelligence and curiosity make interactions with these animals an amazing experience. The magnificent and gentle manta rays, cousins of the shark, are filter feeders (meaning they feed on plankton, fish larvae and the like that they strain from the water passing through their mouths and out their gills as they swim). Several aspects of the lives of mantas remain a mystery with little of their ecology u