NATURE . WILDLIFE

Alien Contact

52' (ENG, GER)

Is there a higher intelligence inside giant manta rays’ alien-looking bodies?

They seem to be able to recognize individual divers underwater, and they’ve learned to solicit bubble massages from the exhalations of scuba divers! Manta rays will approach humans for help to get free from entanglement in fishing lines and may even recognize themselves in a mirror. They might be the smartest fish in the sea. Join Emmy Award winner and marine biologist Rick Rosenthal and his team of scientists on their journey to decode the mind of manta rays. Might these alien-looking animals be trying to make contact with us? There are intriguing clues. Along the way, we celebrate the natural history and expose the vulnerabilities of these most elegant of fishes.