Did You Know

...stingrays have an infamous reputation, thanks in part to the unfortunate and deadly accident involving Steve Irwin, but they are incredibly peaceful underwater creatures?

….Green Turtles — both adults and juveniles — love to forage in the nutritious seagrass common in the lagoons surrounding many of the Maldives islands?

…..that the Baros house reef is home to two reef sharks that don’t have back fins?

….that there are three main types of rays in the Maldives — stingrays, manta rays and eagle rays with many subspecies.