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He does not invite for a coffee party : either the octopus is looking for prey , or he takes cover
mentioned before , here large does mean large indeed . Animals just half a metre in diametre are more likely to be small animals and belong to one of the other species of rays living here .
„ The biggest in our waters are almost monsters ,“ Volker Berbig explains : „ These stingrays are often resting in the sand a bit off the rocks . Sometimes they are camou flaged so perfectly that they are not easy to spot from far away . The head of those giants is a hunchback that reaches about the knee height of an adult .“ Eyes larger than two-euro-coins observe the divers as they approach carefully . However , nobody should try to sneak up on these ( and neither others ) from behind . After all , stingrays are not called that in vain .
Instead of trying out when the animals lose their serenity – which is not what you want – it is definitely recommended to take the honest way from the front . Assuming the buoyancy is perfect it will probably lead to
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