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Sharks and rays leap out of the water for many reasons, including feeding, courtship and communication

  • Written by A. Peter Klimley, Adjunct Associate Professor of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
imageManta rays breaching in waters off Costa Rica.Peter Loring, iStock/Getty Images

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly hypothesized functions for it.

We found that removal of external parasites was the most...

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