Manta Rays

I swim through the plankton,

Eating it as I go.

I catch most of it,

Because I’m very slow.

I’m really long,

So I stretch really far.

I’m the biggest ray,

As big as a car!

I fly though the water,

But I won't stop.

Or I will drown,

Surprising a lot.

I have stripes,

Markings and spots.

I lack fingerprints,

But instead I have dots.

I’m white at the bottom,

But dark on the top.

It's called countershading,

I like it a lot.