Hi,
I am Jamie, I am the project leader of Thailand Manta Project. I am willing to chop off my hair to raise fund for our manta rays research. The fund will be used to purchase our main research tool, a new underwater camera gear!
How important is an underwater camera for our research? Because each individual manta ray can be identified by unique spot patterns on their belly (similar to our fingerprint), we collect database of the manta populations using photos and videos that show these markings. Camera has been our main research tool and had helped the manta rays getting better protection in Thailand last year! But our work continues as there are still so much we don't know about these gentle giants, and in order to protect something we first need to understand it.
I have been using my personal cameras (or more like 3 of them) in the past 5 years, sadly, the cameras have given up on me and we are in need of a new camera set. Please help donate to help us protect and keep the manta rays in Thai waters. Thank you :)