Mantas, devil rays butchered for apothecary trade now identifiable

Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 11:00 in Astronomy & Space

Since dried filters from the mouths of filter-feeding rays hit apothecary shop menus in Asia—the thought being that eating ground-up filters will cleanse one's liver—there's been no way to know which of these gentle-natured rays was being slaughtered.

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