Live Manta Birth in Captivity

Sun, Jun 17th, 2007  |   Marine Life, Video, Multimedia 21 Comments

Video of the world’s first live birth of a manta in captivity. Healthy baby female, about 1.9 metres across, born at the Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan. Video is from a TBS news broadcast. (They appear to have deleted the page with the video)

The video file is 1.7 MB. Click the graphic below and wait for the quicktime file to load.

Note: A few people have had problems viewing the quicktime file. Others have not. I have no idea why. In any case, if you can’t view the embedded file, click below the graphic to download an mp4 file which should play in Quicktime, iTunes and on your iPod.


iPod iPod version (1.7 MB)

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  • http://echeng.com Eric Cheng

    AWESOME.

  • http://echeng.com Eric Cheng

    AWESOME.

  • http://www.divephotofest.com Mike V

    my slow internet..

    does it come out like a rolled up newspaper? thats my guess..

    :)

  • http://www.divephotofest.com Mike V

    my slow internet..

    does it come out like a rolled up newspaper? thats my guess..

    :)

  • ron silver

    Yes, the wings appeared to have been rolled up prior to birth. The length of the pregnancy was also unexpected! Intriguing footage!

  • ron silver

    Yes, the wings appeared to have been rolled up prior to birth. The length of the pregnancy was also unexpected! Intriguing footage!

  • Kent Matsueda

    Can’t view the video. Problems with the encoding. What is the source URL?

  • Kent Matsueda

    Can’t view the video. Problems with the encoding. What is the source URL?

  • http://www.tonywublog.com tony

    Kent: Looks like TBS has taken down the video from their website. They must clean out their pages every few days. The file is quicktime format (.mov). Try to right click and download to your computer, play with quicktime.

    Mike: Yes, like a rolled up newspaper, with a big cloud of afterbirth. Pretty dramatic

  • http://www.tonywublog.com tony

    Kent: Looks like TBS has taken down the video from their website. They must clean out their pages every few days. The file is quicktime format (.mov). Try to right click and download to your computer, play with quicktime.

    Mike: Yes, like a rolled up newspaper, with a big cloud of afterbirth. Pretty dramatic

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  • Kent Matsueda

    Thanks for the info. I ended up finding it myself and just uploaded it to YouTube…
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=OIc_px_9xBE

    Someone else posted additional video as well.

  • Kent Matsueda

    Thanks for the info. I ended up finding it myself and just uploaded it to YouTube…
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=OIc_px_9xBE

    Someone else posted additional video as well.

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  • http://www.underwater-photoworrld.com Nedip

    Hello Tony I just seen the clip.

    a very interesting clip, it seems that the baby was getting the puls of life a few seconds after it shoot out of her mom.

    but is that the same one which has been killd afterward from a Male?

    very said if so.

    thanks for that info.

  • http://www.underwater-photoworrld.com Nedip

    Hello Tony I just seen the clip.

    a very interesting clip, it seems that the baby was getting the puls of life a few seconds after it shoot out of her mom.

    but is that the same one which has been killd afterward from a Male?

    very said if so.

    thanks for that info.

  • Anna Bagoly

    Could someone please tell me how to watch the video? I really want to see it, it won’t show up on my computer….

  • http://google Anna Bagoly

    Could someone please tell me how to watch the video? I really want to see it, it won’t show up on my computer….

  • http://www.tonywublog.com tony

    Hi Anna, it’s a quicktime .mov file, or you can download from the link, which is an .mp4 file. If you don’t have quicktime, go to the Apple website and it’s a free download.

  • http://www.tonywublog.com tony

    Hi Anna, it’s a quicktime .mov file, or you can download from the link, which is an .mp4 file. If you don’t have quicktime, go to the Apple website and it’s a free download.