Amazing Footage of Soaring Devil Rays Taking Flight Above the Ocean’s Surface In the Sea of Cortez

Flying Devil Ray

David Tennant, known to many as the witty tenth incarnation of Doctor Who or the dour Alec Hardy in Broadchurch, narrated remarkable BBC footage of devil rays as they took flight above the ocean’s surface in a clever effort to fool the brown pelicans soaring overhead.

Brown pelicans off the coast of Baja California in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, reveal a birds eye view of the spectacular flying devil rays.

via Tom Hall

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