DESCENDING 4K | S1 E12 | The Giant Manta Rays

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
  • Scott and Ellis get a once in a lifetime chance to get up close underwater with Giant Manta Rays in the pristine waters of Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
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Комментарии • 326

  • @Nuketini
    @Nuketini 6 лет назад +1119

    majestic sea flap flap

  • @scottmealey596
    @scottmealey596 4 года назад +648

    Despite my wife's paranoid concerns, swimming with manta rays is one of my top Bucket List items.

  • @codeninja1
    @codeninja1 3 года назад +220

    One of the coolest creatures on the planet for sure. Every time I see one it always seem like they're smiling. Just radiates peace.

    • @AndresHernandez-yk5im
      @AndresHernandez-yk5im Год назад +2

      I love that last line

    • @jackyfleur
      @jackyfleur Год назад +2

      Same here 😊it happen to be for me the best depression and Anxiety therapy support creature 🥰🥰😍😍

  • @PokeSteve69
    @PokeSteve69 3 года назад +178

    that actually brought tears to my eyes that was extraordinary

  • @clubcocotravels
    @clubcocotravels 7 лет назад +391

    I was fortunate enough to have a pod/school Of Manta Rays swim underneath me, about 20-30 of them. But this encounter is pure magic! How lucky & beautiful guys. Cheers!!

    • @THEDEPARTURESCHANNEL
      @THEDEPARTURESCHANNEL  7 лет назад +18

      Amazing! Where did you find the Manta Rays?

    • @clubcocotravels
      @clubcocotravels 7 лет назад +39

      In open waters off of Cancun, Mexico in June 2014. It was the cherry on the cake after swimming with 4 Whale Sharks :)

    • @shirsN
      @shirsN 5 лет назад +5

      These creatures seem peaceful but then still how can you go so so close to them? How can you not scare to such a huge fish?

    • @AtraxJoe
      @AtraxJoe 3 года назад +6

      @@shirsN
      seriously?
      1. u can't get that close to them if they (the mantas) don't want, 2. Not you are going that close, the mantas do and 3. fear is just a result of ignorance (eg this situation). Why should someone be scared of something like a peaceful plankton eating creature? Even facing a shark u don't have to be scared if u know what ure doing.
      Don't be scared, be respectful 👌.
      Cheers.

    • @jamieturner4682
      @jamieturner4682 3 года назад +1

      They’re the eagles of the ocean. They’re so beautiful 😍❤️

  • @scorpionkobra
    @scorpionkobra 5 лет назад +176

    Manta Ray: who is this two legged crap?

  • @DoctorWilsonPHD
    @DoctorWilsonPHD 6 лет назад +202

    Cinematography is easily as accomplished as the Blue planet. Should have been way more recognised.

  • @esquidda
    @esquidda 2 года назад +7

    big man real

  • @rangerdanner497
    @rangerdanner497 5 лет назад +71

    OMG, it was nearly completely _black_ ! You guys must be lucky to encounter a melanist manta ray - I heard they are quite rare. Majestic experience, I'm envious as hell))

    • @bazookabullet101
      @bazookabullet101 Год назад +1

      Just realized that yeah, one of them doesn’t have the white underbelly

  • @dimitristsekeris1821
    @dimitristsekeris1821 3 года назад +26

    Some people: "It's so beautiful! What an experience!"
    Some other people: "It looks like the devil himself! What an ominous creature to be close to!"
    Ray: "Hello."

  • @JimmyGinjaNinja
    @JimmyGinjaNinja 4 года назад +52

    I came here after an extremely vivid dream I had about cliff diving into the most beautiful blue clear/blue water and having a close encounter with a giant manta ray. It was so real and I became lucid (realized i was dreaming). On top of that, I had my two daughters with me (my reason for living) and we could all breath under the water as we swam in this heavenly water with this beautiful creature. It was one of the most amazing dreams I ever had. After I woke up, I had to look that dream up, and I was blown away by the coincidences that connected my wake life to the dream interpretation.

    • @ayanna6327
      @ayanna6327 3 года назад +1

      This is beautiful

    • @jakeraught4939
      @jakeraught4939 Год назад +2

      I hate when people call their kids “my reason for living”. It sounds so performative

    • @fighthive4808
      @fighthive4808 Год назад +8

      @@jakeraught4939 and i hate when people are unnecessarily negative :)

    • @kumottakun6089
      @kumottakun6089 Год назад +2

      And I love reading comments of strangers fighting each other on the internet lmao

    • @Middyrose
      @Middyrose Год назад +2

      ​@@jakeraught4939 Are you okay? Do you need a hug?

  • @iwasadeum
    @iwasadeum 3 года назад +35

    My favorite marine animal as a kid. I had forgotten about these animals. They are truly one of the most majestic creatures to ever have existed.

    • @victoria.4321
      @victoria.4321 2 месяца назад

      I hope you get to go swim with them… child you has probably been waiting for that for a long time

  • @sansational15
    @sansational15 2 года назад +5

    BIG MAN!

    • @SplatRat30L
      @SplatRat30L 2 года назад +1

      Big mannnn

    • @sansational15
      @sansational15 2 года назад +1

      @@SplatRat30L BIIIIIIIG MAAAAAAN BIIIIIIIIG MAAAAAAN

    • @_medusas_wrath
      @_medusas_wrath 2 года назад +3

      Ay! (Big Man in the house!)

    • @sansational15
      @sansational15 2 года назад +2

      A group of sharks is a shiver, one of the names for a group of eels is a fry, and we need a petition to officially call a group of manta rays a Big Man.

  • @padenshorey9179
    @padenshorey9179 5 лет назад +72

    Swam with some of these beasts near Komodo. I don't dive, but we saw close to a dozen swimming around us near the surface! One of the most amazing things I have ever experienced.

  • @lauriemeyer-noaaaffiliate7519
    @lauriemeyer-noaaaffiliate7519 6 лет назад +104

    Seems like they're curious creatures!

    • @viniciusrodrigues5770
      @viniciusrodrigues5770 3 года назад +8

      Just like most of the animals with big brains they seem to have that natural urge to learn and experience things.

    • @perkosherrigh7243
      @perkosherrigh7243 3 года назад +1

      Biggest brain off all cold blooded fish

  • @crestfallen821
    @crestfallen821 4 года назад +14

    I think I have found a new favorite animal :D

  • @reannabrown1742
    @reannabrown1742 2 года назад +9

    That was beautiful! I cried when the Manta Ray slowly floated on top of you. I could only imagine what that felt like to be so close & connected to such a majestic creature ❤️

  • @stevenluongo1748
    @stevenluongo1748 6 лет назад +56

    This was an amazing video!!! Why doesn't this have more views!

    • @jfitz3133
      @jfitz3133 5 лет назад +8

      Because people are disconnected from nature and are more concerned about the real important stuff... like how many Likes they got on facebook.

    • @khaldrogo1782
      @khaldrogo1782 3 года назад

      They do now.

    • @markmiltonwanan7628
      @markmiltonwanan7628 3 года назад

      @@jfitz3133 AGREED

  • @leonartha03
    @leonartha03 4 года назад +14

    it's so huge like when he lay on you and it would feel like being covered with blanket

  • @pinkywinky911
    @pinkywinky911 3 года назад +11

    One word that describes Manta Rays:
    ✨MAJESTIC✨

  • @Hugs_4_Bugs_
    @Hugs_4_Bugs_ 4 года назад +12

    3:07 I like how he was copying the manta ray's movements lol

  • @FabioSuave
    @FabioSuave 5 лет назад +17

    Just wow. The way they just glide. And the black one was so cool.

  • @maiqtheliar_
    @maiqtheliar_ 11 месяцев назад +3

    Manta Rays are fantastic animals.... pretty amazing

  • @Mustang_Dan
    @Mustang_Dan 5 лет назад +15

    I cannot explain what it is about this show. I discovered it by accident on some backwater channel several years ago and it really blew me away. Never has anything or anyone inspired me to get out and travel like descending has. I do feel a little bummed at times watching though because Scott and Ellis and the rest of the gang not only seem like the luckiest divers in the world getting to hit all these amazing dive sites around the world that I'll never see they also have so much fun doing it. Makes one wish one were there for the party cause even if one had the time, money, and training to dive all the same sites, it wouldn't be half as cool without Ellis' charisma or Anna's lighting setting the scene.

  • @edwardcortez6286
    @edwardcortez6286 4 года назад +4

    Those creatures are so amazing!! This world is great but we the humans always we are ruining this place every day😪

  • @williamramos3350
    @williamramos3350 Год назад +4

    Truly unique and beautiful creatures.

  • @ALPHA-SOLIDUS
    @ALPHA-SOLIDUS 5 лет назад +11

    I can't ever look at a Giant Manta Ray without Dire Dire Docks music playing in my head.

  • @emeraldheart9989
    @emeraldheart9989 2 года назад +4

    Why am i crying watching this 😭 they just look so majestic swimming around the ocean. In my next life i'd like to be a manta ray.

  • @imsofakingcool4488
    @imsofakingcool4488 4 года назад +9

    It's amazing to think they get bigger

  • @davidatkins6919
    @davidatkins6919 4 года назад +13

    Brought a teat to my eyes, I remember fishing with my Dad and seeing huge rays come close to the boat similar to this, being in the domain swimming with them would be fantastic, they are beautiful...

  • @undervisionpro9970
    @undervisionpro9970 5 лет назад +10

    This is brilliant! Manta rays are definitely one for the bucket list!

  • @liamjacques4872
    @liamjacques4872 5 лет назад +2

    2:50 *HOLY SHIT*

  • @supermushroum
    @supermushroum 6 лет назад +7

    that's quite a big majestic sea flap flap

  • @jeibal02
    @jeibal02 6 лет назад +23

    The music was beautiful. Reminds me of Interstellar.

  • @sebaloooo5866
    @sebaloooo5866 27 дней назад +1

    Manejo psicosocial del riesgo:
    Cualquier acción realizada para mitigar los riesgos en una comunidad.
    Los riesgos que afectan una población pueden ser múltiples y diversos, deben responder a las particularidades de la comunidad. Existen muchos tipos de vulnerabilidad. Tiene 2 enfoques, vulnerabilidad y riesgos; vulnerabilidad y fragilidad.
    Vulnerabilidad depende de los recursos internos (que pueden proteger a los sujetos de los riesgos).
    Bienestar asociado a disminución de vulnerabilidad, por lo tanto, más recursos internos.
    La vulnerabilidad orienta a las políticas sociales hacia la entrega de oportunidades a la población.
    Pobreza, consumo, malnutrición...
    Se visibiliza la vulnerabilidad en grupos específicos más expuestos al riesgo, mujeres, niños, adultos mayores, etc.
    Enfoque AVEO (Activos, vulnerabilidad, estructura de oportunidades) Nuevo concepto del enfoque, referido a el acceso a oportunidades que posee el individuo (responsabilidad tanto pública como privada).
    Enfoque de vulnerabilidad-> se explica desde lo micro, meso y macro.

  • @MarkShiftyMeadeTV
    @MarkShiftyMeadeTV 7 лет назад +15

    just finished Departures and it becameone of my favorite shows! any chance Descending makes it to Netflix as well?!

    • @THEDEPARTURESCHANNEL
      @THEDEPARTURESCHANNEL  7 лет назад +7

      Hey Mark, we have solid plans to get Descending on Netflix hopefully by the new year. If your in the States you can already watch it on OutsideTV. It's available for download from iTunes pretty much anywhere. We also plan to release it here on RUclips for rental and purchase for those who want to see it in 4K / UHD the way it was shot.

    • @tireachan6178
      @tireachan6178 6 лет назад +3

      Just finished departures on Netflix too, gutted it's over, loved the entire thing start to finish, particularly liked the lack of pretence in how it comes across to the viewer, definitely gives more of an embedded feel for the viewer, you get a real sense that humidity and mosquitos are a bother and not an overly polished scripted travel show that paints a constant rose tinted picture, elongated travelling is gritty and that's what makes it real, perfectly delivered by the hosts, stomach cramps and all.

  • @spicynoodles1260
    @spicynoodles1260 5 лет назад +7

    Thats a water Dragon 🐉

  • @dooood66
    @dooood66 5 лет назад +5

    Soooooo fascinating. One had a black belly, rather rare!! Thanks a million for this footage

  • @AdrianoSaccenti
    @AdrianoSaccenti 3 месяца назад +1

    One like this was hanging out in my region in Brazil a few days ago (June 20, 2024). Amazing!!!

  • @seratonin7004
    @seratonin7004 5 лет назад +7

    What an incredible experience! 💙

  • @77moonwalker77
    @77moonwalker77 5 лет назад +12

    One day Im gonna swim with manta rays! beautiful creatures!

  • @RobynPetrik
    @RobynPetrik 7 лет назад +9

    Wow, just stunning!

  • @itreallydoesntmatter160
    @itreallydoesntmatter160 3 года назад +2

    When you realize finding Nemo actually did research lmao

  • @survivor648
    @survivor648 9 месяцев назад +1

    I was snorkeling in the bay in Miami FL and a huge Ray was on the floor and took off right in front of me it was such a wonderful site! I will never forget it.

  • @aliciareyes2444
    @aliciareyes2444 6 лет назад +7

    Love, love, love this! So magical.

  • @ohhdini
    @ohhdini 3 года назад +1

    Amazing creatures. Alien like

  • @mokeyhorsefish
    @mokeyhorsefish 6 лет назад +6

    Such an awesome vid 😍😍😍

  • @suseelmarahattha5894
    @suseelmarahattha5894 9 месяцев назад +1

    The coolest and weirdest in a good peaceful way animal. pics and footage doesn't give justice if you see one in real life and swim with it for sometime you will know for sure

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven61
    @ludwigvanbeethoven61 2 года назад +1

    If reincarnation exists it would be probably very expensive to be reborn as a Manta. You need a lot of good karma

  • @utahraptor2121
    @utahraptor2121 6 лет назад +4

    Such amazing creatures gosh I love the ocean and it's life

  • @fud85
    @fud85 7 лет назад +7

    This is one of my favorite parts of the descending series!! Such an experience

  • @TheBFN
    @TheBFN 2 года назад +1

    Curiosity and wonder... It wants to check us out... Really neat

  • @zhaskthekastianking5984
    @zhaskthekastianking5984 3 года назад +1

    Bro i just search for manta ray
    Expect to see a japanies cute commando girl instead of this

  • @victorramsey5575
    @victorramsey5575 Год назад +1

    These are such beautiful creations of the Lord. Amen

  • @RevZafod
    @RevZafod 4 года назад +2

    The biggest manta I ever saw was on a trip to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on shipwreck dives about 23 years ago. One had to have at least a 20 foot/6 meter wingspan. Several others there were also larger than I've seen elsewhere over about 30 years of diving.

  • @kristophermcdermott3465
    @kristophermcdermott3465 Год назад +1

    Those were amazing creatures I've never seen this video until now.

  • @mattmusgrove143
    @mattmusgrove143 Год назад +1

    Ay! (Hello, human. Check out all the remora on my belly!)

  • @Noob-rg9lv
    @Noob-rg9lv 5 лет назад +3

    There is a lot of giant manta ray in komodo island

  • @mim0so
    @mim0so 2 года назад +2

    Big Man

  • @The6thelement9413
    @The6thelement9413 Год назад +1

    Wow! How beautiful. Stunning and majestic creatures. Enjoy swimming with divers. Thank you.

  • @leatherface3470
    @leatherface3470 5 лет назад +3

    Beautiful creature..

  • @juliopimentela
    @juliopimentela 3 года назад +1

    I want to experience laying below a manta!

  • @jonnyahedo9124
    @jonnyahedo9124 Год назад +1

    This is just so beautiful. I just smiled the entire time.

  • @zoenna
    @zoenna 5 лет назад +3

    What an amazing creature...

  • @Roadman1000
    @Roadman1000 3 года назад +2

    This video in 4k makes your jaw drop. These creatures are magnificent and the ocean is scenic and wonderful.

  • @guilhermetonon7267
    @guilhermetonon7267 5 лет назад +2

    I love Manta Rays

  • @themegachase99
    @themegachase99 3 года назад +2

    What a beautiful world it’s a shame we’re tearing it apart 💔

  • @rebekahshook9023
    @rebekahshook9023 4 года назад +2

    The fish help each other 🥺

  • @taki7305
    @taki7305 5 лет назад +1

    indo mode
    terima kasih untuk inggris karena sudah menghargai indonesia yang kaya tentang laut kami harap inggris juga memilik pantai atau laut yang indah dan semoga indonesia atau inggris tidak melakukan perang menggunakan bom atom dan tidak melakukan narkoba yang tidak sesuai terima kasih inggris sudah menghargai indonesia dan turis turis inggris yang tidak menggangu bangsa indonesia
    inggris mode
    Thank you for English because you have appreciated Indonesia which is rich about the sea. We hope that England also has a beautiful beach or sea and hopefully Indonesia or England will not do war using an atomic bomb and do not do drugs that are not appropriate. Thank you, England. which does not disturb the Indonesian nation

  • @justgood4nothing
    @justgood4nothing Год назад +1

    That thing is twice the size of him

  • @GHOST_001_Bravo
    @GHOST_001_Bravo Год назад +1

    What a beautiful creature 😮 nature is so amazing.

  • @CarlosGonzalez-kz1tu
    @CarlosGonzalez-kz1tu 4 года назад +1

    Awesome gigantic sea quesadilla

  • @vivarc2
    @vivarc2 2 года назад +1

    Such a warm and beautiful experience to share with the world :)))

  • @roely6210
    @roely6210 2 года назад +1

    Such a beautiful creature

  • @animalvised
    @animalvised Год назад

    Wow, this video truly showcases the awe-inspiring world of Giant Manta Rays! 🌊😍 Watch Related Video. ruclips.net/video/FFJZr3i2KP8/видео.html
    These magnificent creatures are the gentle giants of the ocean, and watching them gracefully glide through the water is a breathtaking experience. It's incredible to think about the mysteries that still surround these creatures and their behavior. We must continue to study and protect these incredible beings and their habitats. Thanks for sharing this incredible footage! 🌏💙 #GiantMantaRays #OceanWonders

  • @henrytang2453
    @henrytang2453 Год назад +1

    Beautiful creatures

  • @SeanLawlorNelson
    @SeanLawlorNelson 11 месяцев назад

    We're discussing war-plane design. Jet fighters should be designed on the general curvaceous principles of the Manta Ray, to oversimplify just a little, only more so. Our flying structures are too flat and boxy for ideal jet-fighters and so is the Manta Ray; We have to out Manta Ray the Manta Ray by curving the warplane's body even more into a gentle, buoyant V-ish shape, design the wings in the shape of the the Manta Ray approximately but fix them in a reductionist, rather drawn back position but extending outward and curving enough to catch and utilize the wind for rapid navigation and maneuvering, rather than jutting out and being semi-paralyzed by it. The two-person fighter pilot's coach is in the center-rear in front on the oscillating sun-disc engine and guidance system, geographically at the height of the plane: the front of the war plane funnels down into a broad, largish mass snub-nose which has a weapon constant of heavy machine-guns; and is set up before every mission for either 8 missiles or five heavy bombs(suggested; this matter can be modified.) This information is for our American Air Force.

  • @kaptainpavel6685
    @kaptainpavel6685 3 года назад +1

    Who is in mr chhun class?

  • @ANONIMS11
    @ANONIMS11 5 лет назад +1

    bersyukurlah yang tinggal di indonesia

  • @Karim-dz5zg
    @Karim-dz5zg Год назад

    Normal People : This creature is beautiful
    me : HOLY SHIZ WHERE IS MY STORM RULER

  • @prissilou
    @prissilou 8 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful gentle giants, should be protected at all costs.

  • @AgnaktoreX
    @AgnaktoreX 3 года назад +1

    wooow

  • @taurus_beauty11-11
    @taurus_beauty11-11 4 года назад +1

    I love the 🌊 and all
    the creatures that
    live there!💦
    🦈🐬🐳🐋
    #MantaRays💗

  • @aditiyakusumayanti6901
    @aditiyakusumayanti6901 2 года назад

    Kalau kapal kapal Bali Garden disakiti saya tidak boleh komentar saya harus di tenggelamkan ke laut kata si Susi mentri tukang ngotoran laut............

  • @Sky-TheYouTubeAccount
    @Sky-TheYouTubeAccount Год назад +1

    What a profound experience!

  • @DatBoiGloomy
    @DatBoiGloomy Год назад +1

    Manta rays are some of the nicest creatures you will ever encounter

  • @someone-3499
    @someone-3499 7 месяцев назад

    the videos is excellent, we can see underwater creatures clearly.That manta rays are beautiful and majestic.They are flying in the deep.

  • @SH1N081
    @SH1N081 4 года назад +1

    Spectacular

  • @lukatesseract
    @lukatesseract 2 года назад +1

    Giant sea blankies are so curious and adorable!

  • @RAYCLAY1
    @RAYCLAY1 3 года назад

    It's a very cool video.👍👍 It would have been better if I had seen this video before I made the Manta Ray.

  • @xlonewolfx999
    @xlonewolfx999 3 года назад

    Here after practicing an IELTS reading section from Book 12?

  • @jasonderp5933
    @jasonderp5933 Год назад

    No matter how big people seem to think they are, they're bigger lol saw one as a kid and it was about 4m under water but still had a wing span of about 3-4m. This was not a big one from what I've read. Half the size 😅

  • @Arfian2323
    @Arfian2323 4 года назад +1

    This is in my country Indonesia 👍

  • @Buddy_-ub1mf
    @Buddy_-ub1mf 11 месяцев назад

    1:50 I just gotta ask, that equipment the diver is wearing, does that allow him to breathe normally through his nose? cause he's talking and everything. I thought divers only had mouth regulators

  • @carlosespinoza-fh4fo
    @carlosespinoza-fh4fo 2 года назад

    Hey, human!! Psss... craving some parasites?? Come on . Don't be shy..

  • @MrAronRobinson
    @MrAronRobinson 10 месяцев назад

    Beautiful for sure, but sinister-looking to me, and a bit too big for comfort, no matter how lovely they are. Thank you.

  • @mochiboy7750
    @mochiboy7750 2 месяца назад

    apparently they love bubbles from divers on their tummies 🥹

  • @Renatus__
    @Renatus__ 3 года назад

    Who are these *flop flop bubbling producing *flop flop creatures? *flop flop

  • @willdoolittle1020
    @willdoolittle1020 4 года назад +1

    I was so sad when the series was taken off Netflix I’ve watched ever episode 5 times or more. I love you guys what are you up to these days? I hope still traveling I miss new footage

  •  3 года назад +1

    o que acho mais lindo são os pequenos peixes que se escondem nela pelo mar hahahaha