manta
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The Gulf of Mexico is home to at least 19 other threatened and endangered species including various types of turtles, the giant manta ray and mountainous star coral.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Friday's decisions move whale sharks, manta rays and devil rays onto Appendix I after countries on Thursday did the same for the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
Perhaps the manta ray-looking underwater vessel was being tested in their backyard?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot's movement in the water.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
I draw a sweeping abstract something that’s a cross between an amoeba and a manta ray with eyes and mouths in unexpected places.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
I’ve tracked forest elephants in Gabon, been swimming with giant mantas in the Maldives and walked through extraordinary landscapes high in the Andes.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2019
Coral and colorful, small fish are almost always around, but mantas, hammerhead sharks and turtles are in shorter supply.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2016
Because manta-ray gills have become a popular cure for impotency in Chinese medicine, fishermen have now turned to hunting mantas.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012
There were mantas twice your size on the Ras.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2010
The women who were already in mourning for my uncle Lucas took this opportunity to place their mantas over their faces and to scurry to their homes before the hellish storm raised its head again.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
