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manta ray

NOUN
  1. extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned

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  • The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays.
  • There were plenty of turtles, huge infestations of purple spotted stingrays and some large manta rays.
  • It was only after these fish vanished from the ecosystem that mammals and cartilaginous fish such as manta rays, basking sharks, whale sharks began to adapt to that ecological role. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Manta rays cruise past, turtles lumber along, sharks scope the scene, the odd octopus creeps along the ocean floor, and further out, the whale sharks make their way north.
  • Whale sharks, manta rays and even grey whales are almost common.
  • A lot of skates and rays and the chimaeras are not as charismatic as white sharks or whale sharks or a manta ray, but these things are probably taken in far greater numbers in terms of by-catch.
  • In the age of dinosaurs, North America was divided in two by the Western Interior Sea, and the Great Plains was a skeleton-covered sea bottom, the water above it home to sharks, squid, manta rays, giant clams, giant reptile mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, and plankton, a microscopic animal still thriving today. Kansas.com: -- Front
  • There is incredible 60m visibility, amazing multicoloured coral, and everything from hawksbill turtles to giant manta rays to see.
  • Tropical fish haunt its few coral reefs, and whale sharks and giant Pacific manta rays feed on its plankton.
  • The many battleships, cruisers and transport ships which were bombed or torpedoed during the war have now become coral-encrusted artificial reefs, attracting schools of fish, sharks and manta rays.
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